Plenty (film)

Plenty
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFred Schepisi
Written byDavid Hare
Produced byJoseph Papp
Edward R. Pressman
Starring
Music byBruce Smeaton
Production
companies
RKO Pictures
Edward R. Pressman Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • 20 September 1985 (1985-09-20)
Running time
121 minutes
CountryUnited States[1][2]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[3]
Box office$6,148,000[4]

Plenty is a 1985 American drama film directed by Fred Schepisi and starring Meryl Streep. It was 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.

  1. ^ "Plenty (1985)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Plenty (1985)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  3. ^ 4 EUROPE-BASED DIRECTORS COAXED TO HOLLYWOOD HARMETZ, ALJEAN. New York Times 21 Feb 1985: C.20.
  4. ^ "Plenty".