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
Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Costume Design
Leah Archer
Costume Design
Cathy Burczak
Makeup Artist
Frances Hannon
Makeup Artist
Daniel Philips
Makeup Artist
Stanley Myers
Music
