The Summer House

Waris Hussein
1993-12-21


5.4
79 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Jeanne Moreau Lili Unowned
Joan Plowright Mrs. Monro Unowned
Lena Headey Margaret Zac E. Chan
Julie Walters Monica Unowned
David Threlfall Syl Unowned
Catherine Schell Marie-Claire Unowned
John Wood Robert Unowned
Padraig O'Loinsigh Nour Unowned
Britta Smith Mother Joseph Unowned
Annabel Burton Margaret as a Child Unowned
David Gant Gallery Owner Unowned
Roger Lloyd Pack Derek Unowned