Vera Drake
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Summary:
Written and directed by Academy Award-nominee Mike Leigh and set in England during the 1950s, this movie revolves around Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton), whose unrelenting dedication to her family is well known throughout her blue-collar town. However, there are more people than her rapidly aging mother and ill neighbor who depend on Vera's care. Though abortion was illegal and,... Full Summary >>
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Cast:
Imelda Staunton - (Vera Drake)
Philip Davis - (Stan)
Peter Wight - (Detective Inspector Webster)
Adrian Scarborough - (Frank)
Heather Craney - (Joyce)
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Review:
Filmmaker Mike Leigh generally creates such richly drawn characters and pays such attention to the intimate details of their lives that it's hard to imagine one of his films focusing on a single issue, especially not in a pedantic way. While he often engages social issues in his work, characterizations of such depth and vibrancy wouldn't seem to... Continue >>
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