Page 8, 14th January 2005
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Tea, Sympathy – And Death
Mike Leigh’s latest film Vera Drake – the story of a back-street abortionist – opened in Britain last week. Christina Farrell asked a pro-life campaigner, a priest and a......
These Wicked Women
THE ACTIVIST Jim Dowson Vera Drake is a remarkable film. Mike Leigh has exquisitely captured “Old Britain”: much of the film’s backdrop is shrouded in the once so familiar smog......
Acting This Good Can Be Dangerous
THE PRIEST Fr Kit Cunningham I had thought that the film Vera Drake might be subject to the “hate the sin, and love the sinner” treatment. But, on reflection, I am not so sure.......
‘seriously Misleading’
MEDICAL VIEW Carmel Thompson B ack-street abortion is not a pretty subject. Yet in Mike Leigh’s wonderfully sympathetic film, Vera Drake , it is depicted with such sensitivity......