Vera Drake

Mike Leigh's award-winning and Oscar-nominated film takes a look at backstreet abortions, as carried out in 1950s England. The protaganist is a working-class housewife, who, inbetween caring for her family and being a maid, also helps out young women who find themselves in the family way. When one of these girls end up in hospital, the police come calling...

124 minutes.
No persons under 13.
Drama, Female interest, On the Art Circuit.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Alex Kelly, Daniel Mays, Philip Davis
Director	Mike Leigh
Screenplay	Mike Leigh
Music	Andrew Dickson
Cinematography	Dick Pope
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS
Made in	2004
Produced by	Film Council, Ingenious Media, Studio Canal, The Inside Track, Thin Man Films

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus Yunus Kemp	15
The Cape Times Carina Chocano	15
The Star Diane de Beer	18
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	10
eye Weekly Adam Nayman	15
Box Office Sheri Linden	15
ReelViews James Berardinelli	18
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert	20
BBC Adrian Hennigan	15
The Times Wendy Ide	15
What the People say
Internet 1164 Netizens	16
Average .. 78%	16

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Vera Drake

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 78%