The Summer House (1993)
The Summer House (1993)
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.

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Cast

Jeanne Moreau Jeanne Moreau As: Lili
Joan Plowright Joan Plowright As: Mrs. Monro
Lena Headey Lena Headey As: Margaret
Julie Walters Julie Walters As: Monica
David Threlfall David Threlfall As: Syl
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Storyline

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.


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Details

Genres: Drama, TV Movie

Language: English

Release Date: 21 December 1993

Country: GB

Runtime: 79m

Company Credits

Company: Screen Two, BBC

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Cast

Directed By

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Mark Shivas

Mark Shivas

Executive Producer

Norma Heyman

Norma Heyman

Producer

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Leah Archer

Leah Archer

Costume Design

Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Costume Design

Cathy Burczak

Cathy Burczak

Makeup Artist

Frances Hannon

Frances Hannon

Makeup Artist

Daniel Philips

Daniel Philips

Makeup Artist

Sound

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Rex Maidment

Rex Maidment

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Stuart Walker

Stuart Walker

Production Design

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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