A demancipated woman
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | A demancipated woman |
| Original title | Plenty |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 121 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Fred Schepisi |
| script | David Hare |
| production |
Joseph Papp Edward R. Pressman |
| music | Bruce Smeaton |
| camera | Ian Baker |
| cut | Peter Honess |
| occupation | |
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A Demancipated Woman (Original Title: Plenty ) is a British drama from 1985 directed by Fred Schepisi . The film is an adaptation of the play Plenty ( premiered in 1978) by David Hare .
action
The film tells the story of a woman's failed life over a period of 20 years. As a resistance fighter in the French Resistance during the Second World War, Susan Traherne had a passionate one-night stand with the British secret service officer Lazar. Lazar jumped over France on a parachute and took him to her room to hide him. The following morning he secretly leaves her without saying goodbye. However, he leaves his gold cufflinks as a gift. She will always carry these cufflinks with her in the future.
She returns to England, tries to build a new life for herself after the war and takes her funky friend Alice Park into her apartment. But after the intense experience in the Resistance, everything now seems trivial, inadequate, mendacious, a disappointment across the board: no professional success, friends, lovers who never meet their vague expectations. She encourages Mick, a friend of Alice, to have a child with her, but after 18 months of unsuccessful attempts she coolly dumps him and leaves him distraught.
His marriage to an English diplomat, who loves her dearly and who responds to her antics with indulgence and patience, falls apart, and it also thoroughly ruins his professional career. How much she is to blame for her misfortune with her exaggerated expectations, her inner restlessness and her reckless circle around herself, she cannot and does not want to understand. Finally she meets again with Lazar, who recognized her on a talk show, in the hope of rediscovering the joie de vivre and intensity of that time. The two spend the night together. In the morning, when she is sleeping on the bed, he packs his suitcase and leaves the room.
reception
Out of more than 1,828 votes, the film received an average of 6.1 out of ten possible stars on the IMDb. The film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three and a half stars out of four. He writes that Streep's account is “nuanced and subtle; Playing such an unbalanced, neurotic and self-destructive woman is difficult, but Streep does it with charm and caution ... She shows us Susan Traherne as a personality, not just a bundle of neurotic symptoms. "
Awards
Tracey Ullman and John Gielgud were each nominated for the BAFTA Awards for their supporting roles , and Gielgud received Best Supporting Actor awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the National Society of Film Critics .
Web links
- A demanzipierte woman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Film service
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Ebert: Plenty Movie Review & Film Summary (1985) | Roger Ebert. Accessed July 14, 2019 .