Plenty (film)

Plenty
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Fred Schepisi
Written by	David Hare
Produced by	Joseph Papp Edward R. Pressman
Starring	Meryl Streep Charles Dance Tracey Ullman John Gielgud Sting Ian McKellen Sam Neill
Music by	Bruce Smeaton
Production companies	RKO Pictures Edward R. Pressman Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	20 September 1985 (1985-09-20)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	United States[1][2]
Language	English
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.