Vera Drake

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British film drama film film period drama film

Vera Drake is a 2004 British period drama film directed by Mike Leigh about a working-class woman in 1950s London who secretly performs illegal abortions.

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Vera Drake canonical 24

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
period drama film ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role ⓘ
Golden Lion ⓘ
castMember Adrian Scarborough ⓘ
Alex Kelly ⓘ
Daniel Mays ⓘ
Eddie Marsan ⓘ
Imelda Staunton ⓘ
Jim Broadbent ⓘ
Lesley Manville ⓘ
Peter Wight ⓘ
Phil Davis ⓘ
Ruth Sheen ⓘ
Sally Hawkins ⓘ
cinematographyBy Dick Pope ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
director Mike Leigh ⓘ
distributedBy Fine Line Features ⓘ
Momentum Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Jim Clark ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
period drama ⓘ
social realist film ⓘ
hasIMDbId tt0383694 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Vera Drake self-link ⓘ
musicBy Andrew Dickson ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role

Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
plotSummary A working-class woman in 1950s London secretly performs illegal abortions ⓘ
portrayedBy Imelda Staunton ⓘ
premiereEvent Venice Film Festival ⓘ
surface form: 61st Venice International Film Festival
producer Simon Channing Williams ⓘ
productionCompany Thin Man Films ⓘ
releaseDate 2004-09-06 ⓘ
releaseYear 2004 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 125 ⓘ
screenwriter Mike Leigh ⓘ
setInLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
setInPeriod 1950s ⓘ
subject abortion ⓘ
women's rights ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ
writer Mike Leigh ⓘ

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Timothy Spall → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Imelda Staunton → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Imelda Staunton → characterPortrayed → Vera Drake ⓘ
Simon Channing Williams → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Simon Channing Williams → produced → Vera Drake ⓘ
Dick Pope → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Eddie Marsan → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Jim Broadbent → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Mike Leigh → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Vera Drake → mainCharacter → Vera Drake self-link ⓘ
Jim Clark → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Sally Hawkins → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Jon Gregory → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Jon Gregory → workedOn → Vera Drake ⓘ
Phil Davis → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Imelda Mary Philomena Bernadette Staunton → characterPortrayed → Vera Drake ⓘ
Lesley Manville → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Daniel Mays → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Philip Davis → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Thin Man Films → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Lesley Sharp → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
Edward Maurice Charles Marsan → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
eddiemarsan → notableWork → Vera Drake ⓘ
subject surface form: Eddie Marsan