THERE'S AN ANGEL quietly at work in a corner of postwar London. Her name is Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton). A devoted wife, mother and neighbor, she seems to find time for everybody. She cleans houses ...

Vera Drake, Mike Leigh's film about backstreet abortions, scooped six prizes at the British Independent Film Awards held in Hammersmith Palais. The film, which follows the practices of a 1950s ...

"Vera Drake" is much more a film about a kind woman whose good heart runs her in trouble with the law and about the effects of that crime on her family than it is about the highly politicized issue of ...

Mike Leigh's Vera Drake won the prize for best film at the annual Evening Standard British Film Awards last night. The drama about a backstreet abortionist also earned eleven Bafta nominations and ...

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