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Plenty

Plenty

1985 · 124 min · EN · R · 5.7 (49 votes)
Dir. Fred Schepisi · Starring Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting, Ian McKellen, Sam Neill · Music Bruce Smeaton

“To know the pleasure of power. To feel the heat of passion. To stretch life to the absolute limit. She would settle for nothing less.”

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David Hare's account of a one-time French freedom fighter who gradually realizes that her post-war life is not meeting her expectations.

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A quiet, introspective drama that explores the lingering shadows of war and the slow erosion of dreams. It feels like watching faded photographs come to life, tinged with regret and a profound sense of loss.

melancholicdisillusionedwistfulsomberslow-burnkitchen sink dramacharacter studyperiod piecearthousedisillusionmentpost-war traumaunfulfilled expectationsidentity
based on play or musicalfrench resistancepost-war england1940s1950s
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