StudioCanal: Mike Leigh's Vera Drake Heading to Blu-ray

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StudioCanal: Mike Leigh's Vera Drake Heading to Blu-ray

Posted September 16, 2021 04:13 PM by Webmaster

StudioCanal will bring to Blu-ray Mike Leigh's film Vera Drake (2004), starring Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, and Eddie Marsan. The release is set to arrive on the market on November 8.

Studio description: London, 1950. Vera Drake lives with her husband Stan and their grown-up children, Sid and Ethel. They are not rich, but they are a happy, close family. Vera cleans houses, Stan is a mechanic in his brother's garage, Sid works for a tailor and Ethel works in a factory testing lightbulbs. But selfless Vera has a sideline which she keeps secret from all of those around her: without accepting payment, she helps young women to end unwanted pregnancies. When one of these girls is rushed to hospital following an abortion, the police investigation leads to Vera and her world comes crashing in on her.