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Nov 11, 2023 · 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...
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Mar 29, 2005 · Criminal.ProductInformationIn Vera Drake, Imelda Staunton gives an award-winning performance asthe title character, a devoted wife and mother in 1950s England. Unbeknownst to her family, Vera secretly helps womenterminate unwanted pregnancies.
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Vera Drake. London, 1950: Vera Drake lives with her husband Stan and their grown-up children, Sid and Ethel. They are not rich, but they are a happy, close family. Vera cleans houses, Stan is a mechanic in his brother's garage, 1 h 59 min 2005. R.
Mar 29, 2005 · Alas, Leigh depicts Vera as so devastated, so incapacitated by fear and grief, that some moments in "Vera Drake" pass through tragic and dance right on the border of funny. Vera may be saintly ...
Oct 10, 2004 · Vera Drake is a popular, ordinary woman who runs her house, cooks, does the shopping for her family and takes care of her children and husband with all the affection she can. She could be either the mother or the grandmother of any of us!
Jan 9, 2005 · Imelda Staunton's portrayal of Vera Drake, a back-street abortionist, is a tour de force in Mike Leigh's masterpiece. Philip French. Sat 8 Jan 2005 19.15 EST. Share.
Nov 21, 2005 · 'El Secreto de Vera Drake' es una de esas películas que se me escapó en su paso por las salas de cine, y eso que era una película 'importante', primero por ser un film de Mike Leigh, director siempre interesante, y segundo porque tuvo importantes nominaciones en los Oscar de la última edición: dirección y guión (ambas para Leigh), y actriz principal, una impresionante Imelda Satunton ...
