Vera Drake

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Vera Drake

film by Leigh [2004]

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Mike Leigh
…and best original screenplay for Vera Drake (2004), about a kindhearted woman in early 1950s England who clandestinely performs abortions. In his next two films Leigh explored relationships between characters with disparate emotional attitudes. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) presents the story of a free-spirited woman navigating the world around her, while Another…
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…and best original screenplay for Vera Drake (2004), about a kindhearted woman in early 1950s England who clandestinely performs abortions. In his next two films Leigh explored relationships between characters with disparate emotional attitudes. Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) presents the story of a free-spirited woman navigating the world around her, while Another…
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Jim Broadbent
…had supporting roles in Leigh’s Vera Drake (2004), a drama about a woman who performs illegal abortions in 1950s England, and in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), the film adaptation of the beloved children’s novel by C.S. Lewis. He subsequently appeared in the…
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…had supporting roles in Leigh’s Vera Drake (2004), a drama about a woman who performs illegal abortions in 1950s England, and in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005), the film adaptation of the beloved children’s novel by C.S. Lewis. He subsequently appeared in the…
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