Vera Drake
by
Mike Leigh
Retro: Mike Leigh
Vera Drake works in a factory and takes loving care of her husband, children and ill mother. What nobody knows, however, is that she also performs illegal abortions on young women, for free. When a girl almost dies as a result of one of these ‘operations’, Vera finds herself in serious trouble.
- Genre: Drama
- Country, Year: UK, France, 2004
- Runtime: 125 Min
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: German, French
- Director: Mike Leigh
- Cast: Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Alex Kelly, Daniel Mays, Philip Davis, Lesley Manville
- Screenplay: Mike Leigh
- Cinematography: Dick Pope
- Editor: Jim Clark
- Music: Andrew Dickson
- Producers: Simon Channing Williams, Alain Sarde
- Co-Producer: Georgina Lowe
- Executive Producers: Gail Egan, Christine Gozlan, Robert Jones, Duncan Reid
- Production Companies: Ingenious Media, Inside Track 1, Untitled 03, Les Films Alain Sarde
- World Sales: StudioCanal International
- Swiss Distribution: Frenetic Films AG
