Vera Drake
A Feature film of
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Production year2004
French release09/02/2005
Runtime2 h 5 min
Synopsis
Vera Drake lives with Stan, her husband, and their two children, Sid and Ethel: a happy, tightly-knit working-class family.
Vera is a cleaning lady. Stan, a mechanic, works in his brother’s garage.
Sid is an apprentice tailor. Ethel works in a light bulb factory.
Energetic and cheerful, warm-hearted and devoted, Vera gives her all to her family and neighbors.
On the quiet, she also helps young women have abortions.
When one of these women is hospitalized in a serious condition, the police investigates and comes to arrest Vera during the family‚s celebration of Ethel’s engagement.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (15)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Alain Sarde
- Foreign production company : Thin Man Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Mars Distribution
Full credits (9)
- Executive Producer : Alain Sarde
- Screenwriter : Mike Leigh
- Director of Photography : Dick Pope
- Music Composer : Andrew Dickson
- Editor : Jim Clark
- Sound Recordist : Tim Fraser
- Costume designer : Jacqueline Durran
- Artistic director : Eve Stewart
- Still Photographer : Simon Mein
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : Great Britain, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 2004
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News & awards
News (2)
Selections (4)
Academy Awards
United States, 2005
Nomination for Best Actress in Leading Role : Imelda Staunton
Nomination for Best Original Screenplay : Mike Leigh
