Andrew Dickson

Highlighted works

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  Vera Drake

  Mike Leigh’s second period drama, an understated, immensely nuanced portrait of kind-hearted Vera (Imelda Staunton) who performs illegal abortions for desperate women in 1950s London.

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  Secrets & Lies

  The downtrodden life of a working-class, middle-aged single mother is transformed by the unexpected arrival of a figure from her distant past.