Plenty (1985)
- Starring:
- Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, (more)
- Director(s):
- Fred Schepisi
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Plenty
Plenty boasts a cast of actors ranging from John Gielgud as an ethical and caustic senior diplomat to Meryl Streep as Susan Traherne, a woman looking for solace and a decent life in the aftermath of World War II. After World War II has ended, along with her work in the French Resistance movement and an idealized love affair with a soldier, Susan finds jobs in the business and diplomatic worlds. Her life slowly disintegrates as she tries and fails to have a child then marries diplomat Raymond Brock (Charles Dance) and suffers further emotional decline as her rather conventional marriage eventually becomes cool and finally, alienating. Against Susan's difficulties are tumultuous events in the background -- the Suez Canal crisis and Middle East developments among them. David Hare adapted the screenplay from his successful stage play which first opened in 1978. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 120 mins
Complete Cast of Plenty
- Meryl Streep - Susan Traherne
- Tracey Ullman - Alice Park
- Sting - Mick
- Sam Neill - Lazar
- Lyndon Brook - Begley
- Peter Forbes-Robertson - Hotel Manager
- Richard Hope - Alistair
- Lindsay Ingram - Linda
- Tristram Jellinek - Dawncey
- Hugh Laurie - Harry
- Terry Lightfoot and His Band - Jazz Group
- Andrew Seear - Ashley
- Ali Rafaie - Iranian Servant
- Clare McIntyre - Girl at Dinner Party
- Ian Wallace - Medlicott
- Christopher Fairbank - Spencer
- Geoffrey Larder - TV Salesman
- Alexander John - Radio Interviewer
- Mitch Davies - Harry
- Joan Blackham - Miss Simpson
- Jeffry Wickham - Soe Man
- Tim Seely - Sir Charles Curry
- Pik Sen Lim - Mme. Aung
- Roddy Maude-Roxby - Committee Chairman
- Charles Dance - Raymond Brock
- John Gielgud - Sir Leonard Darwin
- Ian McKellen - Sir Andrew Charleson
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths - Radio Professor
- Hugo de Vernier - Doctor
- Matthew Guinness - Soe Man
- William Hoyland - Priest
- Jasper Jacob - Young Diplomat
- Burt Kwouk - Mr. Aung
- Rupert Vansittart - Client's Assistant
- James Snell - Vincent Tampan
- Roger Rowland - Police Officer
- Beth Morris - Housewife in Advert
- Karen Lewis - Brock's Maid
- James Taylor - Tony, Dead
- Andrew dela Tour - Randall
- John Kidd - 1st Committee Man
- Nicholas Frankau - Foreign Office Assistant
- Bernard Brown - Client
- Michael Johnson - Account Executive
- John Serret - French Farmer
- John Rees - Soe Man
- Andre Maranne - Villon
- Director(s):
- Fred Schepisi
- Writer(s):
- David Hare
- Producer(s):
- Joseph Papp, Edward R. Pressman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Adult Language, Profanity, Violence, Adult Situations)
- Categories:
- Drama
- 1985 - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Supporting Actor
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