---
title: 'Vera Drake (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Leigh'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vera-drake-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383694/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vera Drake (2004)

2004 · R · 126 min · Drama · United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

Vera Drake is a 2004 period drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and starring Imelda Staunton, Phil Davis, Daniel Mays and Eddie Marsan. It tells the story of a working-class woman in London in 1950 who performs illegal abortions.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-leigh)
- **Screenplay:** [Mike Leigh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-leigh)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Andrew Dickson](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-dickson)
- **Producer:** [Alain Sarde](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-sarde), [Simon Channing-Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-channing-williams)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dick Pope](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-pope)
- **Editor:** [Jim Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-clark)

## Cast

- [Sandra Voe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandra-voe)
- [Vincent Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-franklin)
- [Chris O'Dowd](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-o-dowd)
- [Lesley Sharp](https://cinepixo.com/people/lesley-sharp)
- [Elizabeth Berrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-berrington)
- [Heather Craney](https://cinepixo.com/people/heather-craney)
- [Rosie Cavaliero](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosie-cavaliero)
- [Leo Bill](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-bill)
- [Martin Savage](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-savage)
- [Tilly Vosburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilly-vosburgh)
- [Anna Keaveney](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-keaveney)
- [Liz White](https://cinepixo.com/people/liz-white)
- [Phil Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-davis)
- [Marion Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/marion-bailey)
- [Sally Hawkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/sally-hawkins)

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Official site: http://www.veradrake.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/vera-drake-2004
Film facts: Wikidata (Q916645); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.