Plenty (1985)

Directed by

Fred Schepisi

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

R

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

After fighting in the French Resistance during World War II, an Englishwoman named Susan Traherne struggles to find meaning in post-war British society. She pursues her desires with disregard for others, and her life over two decades is marked by disappointment and emotional distance.

melancholicslow-burnintrospectivebleakrestrainedunsatisfyingbitter

What happens

Plenty is a 1985 American drama film directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Meryl Streep, adapted from David Hare's play of the same name. Spanning nearly 20 years from the early 1940s to the 1960s, the plot focuses on Susan Traherne, an Englishwoman who is irreparably changed by her experiences as a fighter for the French Resistance during World War II when she has a one-night stand with a British intelligence agent. After the war ends, Susan returns to England and becomes determined to make a life for herself by achieving what she wishes in the post-war world which, after her time away, she finds trivial and inadequate, while acting with complete disregard for everybody around her. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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