Vera Drake
Type
Label
Vera Drake
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRA
Main title
Vera Drake
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
96
Summary
Vera Drake is a devoted, working-class mother in 1950s London who is both beloved and admired by everyone who surrounds her. Yet she bares a secret that few people know about, she induces miscarriages for women who do not wish to bare children. To her, it is a mission of kindness, of charity, of love. But when a miscarriage goes horribly wrong, Vera has to face the authorities, sending her life into tragedy. From acclaimed director Mike Leigh, Vera Drake stars Imelda Staunton in a career defining performance for which Newsday raved, "{u0085}the kind of role that elevates an actress into a lofty realm where those who never knew her suddenly knew it all along."
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Broadbent, Jim
- Marsan, Eddie
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- hoopla digital
- Wight, Peter, 1950-
- Gozlan, Christine
- Clark, James, 1931-2016
- Pope, Dick, B.S.C.
- Jesson, Paul
- Dickson, Andrew
- Scarborough, Adrian
- Henson, Nicky
- Sarde, Alain, 1952-
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956-
- Egan, Gail
- Sharp, Lesley, 1964-
- Craney, Heather
- Bill, Leo
- Jones, Robert
- O'Donnell, Anthony, 1948-
- Troughton, Sam
- Woolgar, Fenella
- Matthews, Sinead, 1980-
- Hawkins, Sally
- Reid, Duncan
- Leigh, Mike, 1943-
- Corduner, Allan
- Mays, Daniel
- Manville, Lesley
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Channing-Williams, Simon
- Nottingham, Wendy
- Sheen, Ruth
- Kelly, Alex
- Cavaliero, Rosie
Subject
Content
Actor
- Broadbent, Jim
- Marsan, Eddie
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- Wight, Peter, 1950-
- Jesson, Paul
- Scarborough, Adrian
- Henson, Nicky
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956-
- Sharp, Lesley, 1964-
- Craney, Heather
- Bill, Leo
- O'Donnell, Anthony, 1948-
- Troughton, Sam
- Woolgar, Fenella
- Matthews, Sinead, 1980-
- Hawkins, Sally
- Corduner, Allan
- Mays, Daniel
- Manville, Lesley
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Nottingham, Wendy
- Sheen, Ruth
- Kelly, Alex
- Cavaliero, Rosie
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Composer
Director
resource.filmeditor
Producer
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor35
- Broadbent, Jim
- Marsan, Eddie
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- hoopla digital
- Wight, Peter, 1950-
- Gozlan, Christine
- Clark, James, 1931-2016
- Pope, Dick, B.S.C.
- Jesson, Paul
- Dickson, Andrew
- Scarborough, Adrian
- Henson, Nicky
- Sarde, Alain, 1952-
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956-
- Egan, Gail
- Sharp, Lesley, 1964-
- Craney, Heather
- Bill, Leo
- Jones, Robert
- O'Donnell, Anthony, 1948-
- Troughton, Sam
- Woolgar, Fenella
- Matthews, Sinead, 1980-
- Hawkins, Sally
- Reid, Duncan
- Leigh, Mike, 1943-
- Corduner, Allan
- Mays, Daniel
- Manville, Lesley
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Channing-Williams, Simon
- Nottingham, Wendy
- Sheen, Ruth
- Kelly, Alex
- Cavaliero, Rosie
- Genre2
- Subject4
- Content1
- Actor24
- Broadbent, Jim
- Marsan, Eddie
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- Wight, Peter, 1950-
- Jesson, Paul
- Scarborough, Adrian
- Henson, Nicky
- Staunton, Imelda, 1956-
- Sharp, Lesley, 1964-
- Craney, Heather
- Bill, Leo
- O'Donnell, Anthony, 1948-
- Troughton, Sam
- Woolgar, Fenella
- Matthews, Sinead, 1980-
- Hawkins, Sally
- Corduner, Allan
- Mays, Daniel
- Manville, Lesley
- O'Dowd, Chris, 1980-
- Nottingham, Wendy
- Sheen, Ruth
- Kelly, Alex
- Cavaliero, Rosie
- resource.cinematographer1
- Composer1
- Director1
- resource.filmeditor1
- Producer6
- resource.screenwriter1