Plenty

Plenty is a 1985 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. Plot The film centers around the life of Susan Traherne (Meryl Streep), a British woman who becomes a courier for the British during World War II. In 1943, Susan waits in the woods for a message to be dropped by parachute when Lazar (Sam Neill), another British operative, parachutes down after experiencing airplane trouble. They escape German troops and Susan opens up emotionally to Lazar. They make love, but he leaves abruptly the next morning. Two years later, Susan is with a man named Tony Radley when he suddenly dies of a heart attack. Raymond Brock (Charles Dance) from the British Embassy arrives and consoles Susan. She confesses that she and Radley were not truly married and asks Raymond to inform Radley's real wife that he died alone. Susan and Raymond develop a relationship, and she takes a job as a clerk while living with her friend Alice (Tracey Ullman).