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Vera Drake
Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh
Casts & Crew
Imelda Staunton
Phil Davis
Sally Hawkins
Daniel Mays
Eddie Marsan
Alex Kelly
Ruth Sheen
Adrian Scarborough
Heather Craney
Lesley Manville
Simon Chandler
Wendy Nottingham
Richard Graham
Anna Keaveney
Peter Wight
Martin Savage
Helen Coker
Jim Broadbent
Gerard Monaco
Leo Bill
Lesley Sharp
Liz White
Sandra Voe
Chris O'Dowd
Anthony O'Donnell
Marion Bailey
Sam Troughton
Sinéad Matthews
Tilly Vosburgh
Alan Williams
Allan Corduner
Fenella Woolgar
Elizabeth Berrington
Emma Amos
Rosie Cavaliero
Nicky Henson
Eileen Davies
Paul Jesson
Vincent Franklin
Tom Ellis
Jake Wood
Sid Mitchell
Vinette Robinson
Billie Cook
Billy Seymour
Nina Fry
Joanna Griffiths
Angie Wallis
Judith Scott
Robert Putt
Craig Conway
Paul Raffield
Jeffry Wickham
Nicholas Jones
Angela Curran
Jane Wood
Tracy O'Flaherty
James Payton
John Warman
Also Directed by Mike Leigh
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Theatrical packaging of three comic shorts: Dean Parisot and Steven Wright's "The Appointments of Dennis Jennings" (1988), Michael Moore's "Pets or Meat" (1992), and Mike Leigh's "A Sense of History" (1992).
Sentimental pirates, blundering policeman, absurd adventures and improbable paradoxes – Gilbert and Sullivan’s dazzling The Pirates of Penzance comes to ENO in a highly anticipated new production from renowned film maker and director Mike Leigh. This much-loved comic opera is a showcase of brilliant humour and razor-sharp wit and features a sparkling score chock-full of memorable melodies and catchy tunes.
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
A slow-witted couple decide to start a family.
A window cleaner fancies a sausage roll, but all is not well in the sausage roll factory.
A boy goes to see his probation officer.
Two couples, one Catholic, one Protestant, exist on two sides of the chasm that is everyday life in Northern Ireland. Both women are expecting babies, both couples tell offbeat stories, both couples get by with what little they have. Yet Mike Leigh allows his actors to show not how much but how little these two couple have in common. "Four Days in July" is wonderful yet scathing look at the turmoil that has engulfed Northern Ireland for generations.
A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
Leigh's comedy short follows Gary's (Lee Ingleby) attempt to buy a second-hand car. What should be a straightforward task is turned into something of a quest by various people, including dodgy East End car dealer Perry (Eddie Marsan), Perry's taxi-driver dad (Sam Kelly), a garage owner called Derek (Robert Putt) and, not least, Perry's wife Debbie (Samantha Spiro). Oh, and a couple of twins (Danielle and Nichole Bird) are thrown into the mix to cause further confusion. The narrative's series of gags are shot through with sporting references and images of everyday folk taking part in grassroots sports. The swimmers, joggers, cyclists, five-a-side footballers and the rest underline the importance of sport, however casual, to the population in general and the East End of London in particular in this Olympic year. [Source -- Channel 4]