# Vera Drake (2004)

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**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Mike Leigh
**Written by**: Mike Leigh
**Starring**: Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Sally Hawkins, Daniel Mays, Eddie Marsan, Alex Kelly

> *Wife. Mother. Criminal.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A wartime nurse secretly helps women end pregnancies in 1950s London. Her compassion spirals into legal ruin when society turns against her. Mike Leigh’s quiet tragedy rests on Imelda Staunton’s bruised humanity.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, gut-punch, tender

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