The Summer House (1993)

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 19M

Director : Waris Hussein

Synopsis

Margaret (Lena Headey) is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl Monro (David Threlfall). Both bride- and groom-to-be still live with their mothers in the humdrum suburb of Croydon. However Margaret has been acting strangely ever since a vacation in Egypt, where she stayed with her mother's friend Marie-Claire (Catherine Schell). She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother Monica (Julie Walters), who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.

Actors

Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Lili
Joan Plowright
Joan Plowright
Mrs. Monro
Lena Headey
Lena Headey
Margaret
Julie Walters
Julie Walters
Monica
David Threlfall
David Threlfall
Syl
Catherine Schell
Catherine Schell
Marie-Claire

Crews

Waris Hussein
Waris Hussein
Director
Martin Sherman
Martin Sherman
Writer

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