Vera Drake (2004)

125 min · Social Drama, drama film

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Directors

Mike Leigh

Cast

Imelda Staunton, Sally Hawkins, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney

The story

Vera Drake is devoted to her family, looking after her husband and children, her elderly mother, and a sick neighbour. Her shy daughter, Ethel, works in a lightbulb factory, and her son, Sid, tailors men's suits. Her husband, Stanley, is a car mechanic.

Catalogue themes and tags

1950s, Abortion, Arzt-Patient-Beziehung, England, Gefängnis, Infidelity, Keep secret, Kriminalfälle, Loss of Mother, Maternal Role, Police, Relationship Stress, Sterben, Untreue, Social problem film, Period piece, Drama

Genres

Social Drama, drama film

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