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Budget. $11 million. Box office. $13.3 million [2] Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film ...
Jan 10, 2005 · Vera, played by actress Imelda Staunton, carries out several such abortions in Mike Leigh’s acclaimed new film before one girl on whom she operates is rushed to hospital in agony. The girl ...
Oct 21, 2004 · Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Vera Drake is a melodious plum pudding of a woman who is always humming or singing to herself. She is happy because she is useful, and likes to be useful. She.
Vera Drake: Directed by Mike Leigh. With Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney. Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
- Mike Leigh
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Apr 11, 2019 · Vera Drake has a parallel sub-plot where a young woman from a wealthy upper middle-class background is raped on a date by a well-heeled lad, becomes pregnant as a result and wants an abortion ...
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Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was nominated for three Academy Awards and won three BAFTAs.
