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Release Date: October 10, 2004 (LA/NY)
On DVD: March 29, 2005
Genre: Drama, Foreign
Director: Mike Leigh
Writer: Mike Leigh
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Phil Davis, Peter Wright
Studio: Fine Line Features
Official site: veradrake.com
Running Time: 125 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for of strong thematic material

Vera Drake is a portrait of a selfless woman who is totally dedicated to her loving working class family. Her days are filled with time spent doting on them even as she also is devoted to caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. Vera has a secret side, though. Unbeknownst to family and friends, she visits women and helps them to induce miscarriages for their unwanted pregnancies, a practice that is illegal in 1950s...

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