Hideous Kinky
AdventureDramaRomance
A single Briton moves with her girls to Morocco.
Director
Gillies MacKinnon
Writers
Esther Freud, Billy MacKinnon
Stars
Kate Winslet, Bella Riza, Saïd Taghmaoui
Release Date
April 16, 1999
Language
English, French, Arabic
Country
United Kingdom, France
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Wins
💬 85
Reviews
📋 7.9K
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🎭 Top Cast
Kate Winslet
as Julia
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Bella Riza
as Bea
Saïd Taghmaoui
as Bilal
Carrie Mullan
as Lucy
Pierre Clémenti
as Santoni
Abigail Cruttenden
as Charlotte
Ahmed Boulane
as Ben Said
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Sira Stampe
as Eva
Amidou
as Sufi Sheikh
Michelle Fairley
as Patricia
💰 Box Office
$1,263,279
Worldwide Gross
$1,263,279
Domestic Gross
$82,431
Opening Weekend
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Dolby SR
Color
Color
Filming Location
Marrakech, Morocco
Production
AMLF, Arts Council of England, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
🏷️ Keywords
nightmarethiefislampovertysingle mother
🎯 Categories
AdventureDramaRomance
⭐ Featured Review
A Refreshing And Responsible Film About An Unconventional Encounter Between European and Arab
"Hideous Kinky is based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Esther Freud (descended from a certain Swiss Psychiatrist). The film, set in the 1960's, follows Julia, a young English mother with her small children, Bea and Lucy, recently divorced from her creative, and philandering, husband. She is in Morocco, like many young Europeans inspired by the counter-culture philosophy of the time, to explore herself with respect to its eastern philosophy and culture. It would be so easy for a film with such a subject to fall into the trap of using the 'orient' as merely a backdrop to de..."
💡 Did You Know?
Last theatrical film of Pierre Clémenti.
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📖 Synopsis
A single Briton moves with her girls to Morocco.