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The Clothes in the Wardrobe( 1993)

TV-MADramaTV Movie
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Jeanne Moreau

      Lili

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      Joan Plowright

      Mrs. Monro

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      Julie Walters

      Monica

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      Lena Headey

      Margaret

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      David Threlfall

      Syl

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      Maggie Steed

      Mrs Raffald

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      John Wood

      Robert

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      Gwyneth Strong

      Cynthia

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      Roger Lloyd Pack

      Derek

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      Catherine Schell

      Marie-Claire

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      Tommy Duggan

      Father O'Flynn

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      Britta Smith

      Mother Joseph

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      David Gant

      Gallery Owner

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      Padraig O'Loinsigh

      Nour

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      Lamia El Amir

      Hala

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      Pierre Sioufi

      Ahmed

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      Maisa El Rafai

      Fatima

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      Sherine El Ansari

      Gypsy Girl

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      Annabel Burton

      Margaret as a Child

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      Natalie Flynn

      Jennifer

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      Thomas Lawrence

      Christopher

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Nov 20 2024
    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 holidayi...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • infidelity
    • egypt
    • london, england
    • nun
    • gallery owner
    • marriage of convenience
    • art gallery
    • novice
    • women's issues
    • nunhood
    • loveless marriage
    • marriage broker
    • mother daughter relationship
    • croydon
    • oil painting
    • age-gap relationship
    • british