
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

Jeanne Moreau
Lili

Joan Plowright
Mrs. Monro

Julie Walters
Monica

Lena Headey
Margaret

David Threlfall
Syl

Maggie Steed
Mrs Raffald

John Wood
Robert

Gwyneth Strong
Cynthia

Roger Lloyd Pack
Derek

Catherine Schell
Marie-Claire

Tommy Duggan
Father O'Flynn
Britta Smith
Mother Joseph

David Gant
Gallery Owner
Padraig O'Loinsigh
Nour

Lamia El Amir
Hala
Pierre Sioufi
Ahmed
Maisa El Rafai
Fatima
Sherine El Ansari
Gypsy Girl
Annabel Burton
Margaret as a Child
Natalie Flynn
Jennifer
Thomas Lawrence
Christopher
Crew

Waris Hussein
Director
Martin Sherman
Writer
Alice Thomas Ellis
Novel
Ken Pierce
Editor
Rex Maidment
Director of Photography
Mark Shivas
Executive Producer
Norma Heyman
Producer

Stuart Walker
Production Design
Leah Archer
Costume Design

Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Costume Design
Cathy Burczak
Makeup Artist

Frances Hannon
Makeup Artist
Daniel Philips
Makeup Artist

Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
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