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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 ...

2. www.redorbit.com › news › healthTHE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT VERA DRAKE - Redorbit

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   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.

3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › vera-drake-2004Abortion’s a backdrop to poignant family portrait - Roger Ebert

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   Oct 21, 2004 · “Vera Drake” tells a parallel story about a rich girl named Susan (Sally Hawkins), the daughter of the family Vera cleans for. Sally is raped by her boyfriend, becomes pregnant and goes to a psychiatrist who can refer her to a private clinic for a legal abortion.

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0383694Vera Drake (2004) - IMDb

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   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.

   • Director: Mike Leigh

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5. www.imdb.com › name › nm0186452Heather Craney - IMDb

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   She was nominated for a BAFTA for her supporting role in Mike Leigh's 'Vera Drake' as the social-climbing sister-in-law and has an ongoing role as the woman next door in the sitcom 'Life of Riley'.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Height: 1.60 m

   • Birth Place: Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2004-oct-22-etIt's all good in the world of 'Vera Drake' - Los Angeles Times

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   Oct 22, 2004 · Bustling through her grim neighborhood, popping in on invalids, inviting lonely young men home for tea and performing illegal abortions on poor girls in trouble, Vera is a ministering angel in ...

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   What is the truth about Vera Drake?

   • THE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT VERA DRAKE ; A New Film Portrays a 1950s Abortionist As Kindly and Altruistic. Those Who Saw the Suffering Such Women Caused Beg to Differ AYOUNG pregnant woman lies huddled on a bed in a dank flat in North London, petrified at the prospect of what is about to happen.

   THE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT VERA DRAKE - Redorbit

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   Will Vera Drake get an Oscar?

   • Vera Drake, which opens in Britain tonight, has already earned its director, Mike Leigh, acclaim around the world, while its star, Staunton, has been nominated for a Golden Globe award. She is also tipped for an Oscar. Much has been made by Leigh of the painstaking research done before filming to ensure accuracy.

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   Did Imelda Staunton know about Vera Drake?

   • When filming Vera Drake, only Imelda Staunton knew ahead of time that the subject of the film was abortion. None of the cast members playing the family members, including Staunton, knew that Vera was to be arrested until the moment the actors playing the police knocked on the door of the house they were using for rehearsals.

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   Who is abortionist Vera Drake?

   • Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family. Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother.

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   Where did Vera Drake grow up?

   • Vera tearfully leaves to go to her cell. In Vera Drake, Leigh incorporated elements of his own childhood. He grew up in north Salford, Lancashire, and experienced a very ordinary but socio-economically mixed life as the son of a doctor and a midwife.

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   Who plays Frank in 'Vera Drake'?

   • Frank (Adrian Scarborough) has a demanding wife, a big house, new appliances and no children. Craney plays that most thankless of Leigh role, essentially the childless perfectionist. Ultimately, “Vera Drake” feels like a long defense of Vera Drake.

   It’s all good in the world of ‘Vera Drake’ - Los Angeles Times

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8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2004/10/11Playing Parts - The New Yorker

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   Oct 3, 2004 · The title character in Mike Leigh’s “Vera Drake” is a radiant middle-aged cleaning lady (Imelda Staunton) who races through her London working-class neighborhood singing to herself.