Vera Drake Part 2

Vera Drake is a selfless woman who is completely devoted to, and loved by, her working class family. She spends her days doting on them and caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. However, she also secretly visits women and helps them induce miscarriages for unwanted pregnancies. While the practice itself was illegal in 1950s England, Vera sees herself as simply helping women in need, and always does so with a smile and kind words of encouragement. When the authorities finally find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.

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Film & Animation

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• Imelda
• Staunton
• Lesley
• Manville
• Sally
• Hawkins
• Eddie
• Marsan

[shoegalsho]

If abortion is murder so is rape! I've had two friends raped one was battered so badly after she was in intensive care for 3 days after! I would castrate men with no anesthetic who do it to women OR men!

[GARAMwangja86]

Without brave women like her, so many women would have died. The reason women get into those situations is because they have to live in our patrilineal society and conform to ridiculous standards. In matrilineal societies forced miscarriage is almost unheard of. The last person guillotined was a women who did abortions in Paris in the 30s- 40s. So people aren't that evolved yet. Not your womb, stay out of it!

[loner1878]

@mcg413

In today's world with modern obstetrics birth seems safe. But giving birth was once a common cause of death for women.

[Jokersmile08]

Rapist asshole and all that his character is in this film I cant help but love Sam Throughton for his role as cute innocent Much in Robin Hood BBC. :) Thats all I can see him as when the rape scene comes up.

[mcg413]

@GARAMwangja86 You know they risk their lives to get abortions? They had a bigger risk of dying getting the abortion than having the baby. Don't say pompous uninformed shit that makes no sense just for the sake of saying something seemingly smart, because all you'll get is comments like this.

[MGR1900]

@lisalisa49 Women's studies is really preparing you for a job in the real world, is it?

[WylieWatson]

@OMGaNEWBIE Finding the same problem, unfortunately. This seems like a really good movie so far, but I may have to give up, as I'm straining to hear it!

[Hellzyead]

@Trustworthyalma Your standard abortion goes for $9.99. Can get it down at McDonald's and then they'll scramble it up to make the secret sauce for Big Macs.

[Trustworthyalma]

Sickens me how rape was glorified, especially from a liberal teacher in high school. We need to castrate these pigs who think they can step on women. I, personally, don't believe in the abortion industry because, someone ends up getting a fat paycheck for this practice. Tell abortionists to do it for free. Let's see how many would be like Vera Drake then? Not 1 abortionist! Because money still goes towards abortion, even if you don't specifically pay for it.

[lisalisa49]

Thank you for posting this film. I am watching it for a woman's studies class =0)