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The Summer House (1993)

21/12/1993 (GB)Drama, TV Movie1h 19m
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Overview

Margaret is a shy, pale, middle-class Englishwoman who is reluctantly engaged to her older, twittish neighbor Syl. 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. She secretly despises Syl, but does not resist when her mother, who has repressed the failure of her own matrimony, insists on marriage for the sake of social convention.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Jeanne Moreau

      Jeanne Moreau

      Lili

    2. Joan Plowright

      Joan Plowright

      Mrs. Monro

    3. Lena Headey

      Lena Headey

      Margaret

    4. Julie Walters

      Julie Walters

      Monica

    5. David Threlfall

      David Threlfall

      Syl

    6. Catherine Schell

      Catherine Schell

      Marie-Claire

    7. John Wood

      John Wood

      Robert

    8. Padraig O'Loinsigh

      Nour

    9. Britta Smith

      Mother Joseph

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Nov 20, 2024

    Waris Hussein was an accomplished director so perhaps all he had to do for Jeanne Moreau, Joan Plowright and Julie Walters to turn up here was offer them an opportunity to sit around reminiscing whilst necking copious amounts of booze. For that, folks, is just about all that happens in this drama that sees old friends and family getting together for the wedding of "Margaret" (Lena Headey) to "Syl" (David Threlfall). It's hardly an arrangement made in Heaven, this one - indeed she could hardly be more indifferent to the entire enterprise. That's because she met a much hunkier lad whilst holiday...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • infidelity
    • egypt
    • london, england
    • nun
    • gallery owner
    • marriage of convenience
    • art gallery
    • novice
    • women's issues
    • nunhood
    • loveless marriage
    • marriage broker
    • mother daughter relationship
    • croydon
    • oil painting
    • age-gap relationship
    • british