Movie
Hideous Kinky
Overview
In 1972, disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life, 25-year-old Julia heads for Morocco with her daughters, six-year-old Lucy and precocious eight-year-old Bea.
Details
- Release date
- 1999-02-05
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- L Films, Arts Council of England, AMLF, BBC, The Film Consortium, Greenpoint Films
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kate Winslet as Julia
- Saïd Taghmaoui as Bilal
- Bella Riza as Bea
- Carrie Mullan as Lucy
- Pierre Clémenti as Santoni
- Abigail Cruttenden as Charlotte
- Ahmed Boulane as Ben Said
- Sira Stampe as Eva
- Amidou as Sufi Sheikh
- Michelle Fairley as Patricia
- Kevin McKidd as Henning
- Peter Youngblood Hills as Hippy
Crew
- Gillies MacKinnon - Director
- Billy MacKinnon - Screenplay
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