Plenty

Based on the play of the same name by David Hare. A young Englishwoman returns from fighting with the resistance in World War 2 and finds the apathy of post-war England difficult to tolerate. As her idealistic dreams give way to the realities of experience so her sanity gives way to madness. Stars Meryl Streep, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud, Sting and Sam Neill.

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Credits

producer

Edward Pressman

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

RKO Radio Pictures

director

Fred Schepisi

Duration

01:59:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325018

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

War films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1545013

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United States, 1985