''Maternal Secrets'' is a 2018 American-Bermudan strong woman thriller television film, set in the

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. It is directed by Lucinda Spurling and stars

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, Brooke Burfitt, Sean Stolzen and

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. The film was filmed under the working title "Babymoon", but the film trailer was released in June under a new title "Mother Of All Secrets". It got its Lifetime debut on May 9, 2020.

Synopsis

When a state senator goes missing on vacation in Bermuda, his pregnant girlfriend Aubrey searches for answers. What she learns is his estranged mother is on the island and knows more about the disappearance than she is letting on.

Production

The film was shot in January/February 2017 on the island of

. It is the first film to be shot on the island in over twenty-five years. The film was co-written and directed by Lucinda Spurling and Louise Burfitt-Dons and produced by Brooke Williams. Kate Mansi told

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she was most proud that it "was the largest female cast & crew I have ever worked with so far."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maternal Secrets American thriller films 2018 thriller films American independent films Films set in Bermuda 2018 television films Lifetime (TV channel) films 2018 films Films shot in Bermuda 2010s American films 2010s English-language films