Vera Drake
Wife. Mother. Criminal.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$11 000 000
Revenue
$13 300 000
Director
Actors
Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Alex Kelly, Ruth Sheen, Adrian Scarborough, Heather Craney, Lesley Manville
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Alain Sarde, Simon Channing Williams, Robert Jones, Gail Egan, Duncan Reid, Christine Gozlan
Operator
Composer
Andrew Dickson
Artist
Eve Stewart, Tanya Clark
Audition
Editing
Short description
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
What's left behind the scenes
- With the exception of Imelda Staunton, none of the actors knew the film touched on the subject of abortion until their characters found out as the plot unfolded.
- Throughout filming, all actors were forbidden from telling even their families what they were working on or what the film was about.
- Despite being filmed without a script, Mike Leigh's film was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Screenplay category. Mike Leigh said he had to prepare a screenplay in order to submit it to Academy members. But in reality, the screenplay that was nominated doesn't exist. The film *is* the screenplay.
- The film was shot on Super 16mm film and, after digital processing and color correction, printed onto 35mm film.
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