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Plenty

1985 · 124 min

A cool, brittle portrait of a woman out of step with peacetime, watching her idealism curdle into self-destruction.

Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud

Tagline: 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.
Overview: 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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Directed by: Fred Schepisi
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tracey Ullman, John Gielgud

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
memory
betrayal
madness
Places: countryside
big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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