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- BFI identifier695471
- Date2004 (Copyright)
2005-01-07 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisSet in 1950s London. The story of Vera Drake, a working class woman happily married to Stan and with two grown-up children Sid and Ethel. Vera works as a cleaner but also has a secret profession as an illegal abortionist, for which she makes no charge. When one of her clients is taken to hospital after an abortion a police investigation ensues which leads back to Vera. (Synopsis)
- Work history12-week shooting schedule.
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- Credits
- CastImelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Phil Davis (Stan Drake)
Peter Wight (Detective Inspector Webster)
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Title
Vera Drake (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/21D3-FF2E-DB12-82E6-4952-3Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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- Film / Video
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- StillsPhotograph: digital - Landscape - Colour - bfi-00n-7ly
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view all - ArticlesEmpire n188 February 2005 - Credits, ReviewEmpire n188 February 2005 - Short ArticleSight and Sound v15 n5 May 2005 - DVD ReviewVariety 13 Sep 2004 - Credits, Review, Synopsisview all
- +Vera Drake
Work - 695471 - 2004 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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