‘The Summer House’

This wry and delightful 1993 British comedy has much the appeal of “Enchanted April� in that it offers an array of formidable actresses and, best of all, it boasts Jeanne Moreau (pictured) in an all-too-rare starring role. Cast as a flamboyant half-English, half-Egyptian femme fatale of a “certain age� with flaming red hair and a Norma Desmond wardrobe, Moreau is the exotic Lili. She descends upon Croydon, a staid London suburb, circa 1959. She proves to be the unexpected companion of the elderly mother (Joan Plowright) of the obtuse jerk (David Threlfall) soon to wed the daughter of Lili’s lifelong friend Monica (Julie Walters). As radiant and witty as ever, Moreau glows under Waris Hussein’s direction (Cinemax Wednesday at 8 p.m.).