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Vera Drake [videorecording (DVD)].

New Line Home Entertainment : distributed exclusively in Canada by Alliance Atlantis, 2005, c2004.

Abortion -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

Alternate title:

Secret de Vera Drake [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)].

1 videodisc (125 min.) : Dolby digital, Surround sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Program content : New Line Productions, Inc., 2004.

Aspect ratio: widescreen (1.85:1).

Audio: English 5.1 Dolby digital Surround, 5,1 DTS Surround ; French 2.0 Dolby Surround.

Includes English or French (dubbed) language tracks and optional English (SDH) or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Producer, Alain Sarde ; produced by Simon Channing Williams ; written & directed by Mike Leigh.

Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis and Peter Wight with Alex Kelly, Daniel Mays, Adrian Scarborough, Heather Craney, Eddie Marsan, Ruth Sheen, Sally Hawkins, Fenella Woolgar, Lesley Sharp, Anthony O'Donnell and Jim Broadbent.

Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminate unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.

Winner, Best Actress, Imelda Staunton, Venice International Film Festival, 2004.

Winner, Best Film, Golden Lion, Venice International Film Festival, 2004.

Winner in 6 categories, British Independent Film Awards, 2004.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Leigh, Mike, 1943-

Sarde, Alain, 1952-

Staunton, Imelda, 1956-

Davis, Philip, 1953-

Wight, Peter, 1950-

Broadbent, Jim.

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