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21/12/1993 Drama, TV Movie 1h 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.

  1. Waris Hussein

    Director

  2. Martin Sherman

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jeanne Moreau

    Lili

  2. Joan Plowright

    Mrs. Monro

  3. Julie Walters

    Monica

  4. Lena Headey

    Margaret

  5. David Threlfall

    Syl

  6. Maggie Steed

    Mrs Raffald

  7. John Wood

    Robert

  8. Gwyneth Strong

    Cynthia

  9. Roger Lloyd Pack

    Derek

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-11-20
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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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