VENICE, Italy—Mike Leigh’s Vera Drake, about an underground abortionist in 1950s England, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the end of the 11-day Venice Film Festival.
Vera Drake is another of Leigh’s raw, naturalistic films dealing with social issues in Britain. This time the setting is London half a century ago, where a seemingly unexceptional housewife is secretly performing abortions.
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