Vera Drake | |
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3 Nominations | |
Year | 2004 |
Director | Mike Leigh |
Writer | Mike Leigh |
Starring | Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Heather Craney |
77th Academy Awards |
Vera Drake is a 2004 British drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh starring Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Eddie Marsan, Richard Graham, Daniel Mays, Lesley Manville, Sally Hawkins, and Heather Craney. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and it was nominated for Academy Awards and won BAFTAs.
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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. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in 1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
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