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Plenty

1985, Movie, R, 125 mins

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Adapted by playwright-director David Hare ("A Map of the World", WETHERBY) from his own play, PLENTY follows the fortunes of Englishwoman Susan Traherne (Meryl Streep) from her thrilling days as a courier behind the lines in occupied France through the boredom she experiences in her postwar life. During the war, in France, she has a brief but passionate affair with a dashing young British agent called Lazar (Sam Neill). When she returns to England after the war, she is unabl... read more leave a comment
Year: 1985
Rated R

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Cast
Meryl Streep: Susan Traherne
Charles Dance: Raymond Brock
Tracey Ullman: Alice Park
John Gielgud: Sir Leonard Darwin
Sting: Mick
Ian McKellen: Sir Andrew Charleson

 

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