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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.
Jan 10, 2005 · The legal situation remained like this until the 19th century, when a series of laws were passed severely restricting abortion, which was at one time punishable by death. By the fictional Vera ...
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.
Heather Craney. Actress: Vera Drake. Heather Craney was born in Stapleford in Cambridgeshire in 1971 and even at primary school was a notable Buttons in their production of 'Cinderella'. She spent two years in Darlington in the 1980s where the family had moved for the father's work and she was a regular at the local arts and drama centre.
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Vera Drake (2004) Mike Leigh’s second period drama, an understated, immensely nuanced portrait of kind-hearted Vera (Imelda Staunton) who performs illegal abortions for desperate women in 1950s London. Rent on BFI Player £3.50. “Vera Drake doesn’t seem historical, only a different kind of present. Births, planned, unplanned and avoided ...
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.
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