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Feature film — 1993

The Clothes in the Wardrobe (1993)

6.01h 19mDrama — TV Movie

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.

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Screen Two / BBC

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Director: Waris Hussein

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Cast & crew

Jeanne Moreau as Lili

Jeanne Moreau

Lili

Joan Plowright as Mrs. Monro

Joan Plowright

Mrs. Monro

Julie Walters as Monica

Julie Walters

Monica

Lena Headey as Margaret

Lena Headey

Margaret

David Threlfall as Syl

David Threlfall

Syl

Maggie Steed as Mrs Raffald

Maggie Steed

Mrs Raffald

John Wood as Robert

John Wood

Robert

Gwyneth Strong as Cynthia

Gwyneth Strong

Cynthia

Roger Lloyd Pack as Derek

Roger Lloyd Pack

Derek

Catherine Schell as Marie-Claire

Catherine Schell

Marie-Claire

Tommy Duggan as Father O'Flynn

Tommy Duggan

Father O'Flynn

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Britta Smith

Mother Joseph

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