New DVD. Running time: 2 h 5 min. Age rating: 12 Subtitles: no / not known
Mike Leigh writes and directs this British drama starring Imelda Staunton as Vera Drake, a woman devoted completely to her working-class family. She spends her time caring for her elderly mother and sick neighbour, but also secretly visits women with unwanted pregnancies, helping them induce miscarriage. With this practice illegal in 1950s England, Vera risks imprisonment when the authorities discover what she perceives as her selfless acts of charity.
The cast also includes Philip Davis, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan and Daniel Mays
Director: Mike Leigh
Actors: Jim Broadbent,Imelda Staunton,Ruth Sheen,Allan Corduner,Eddie Marsan,Daniel Mays,Sally Hawkins,Lesley Sharp,Sinead Matthews,Martin Savage,Fenella Woolgar,Helen Coker,Phil Davis