Hideous Kinky

Feb 5, 1999

1h 38m

★ 6.0

A journey to love.

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.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

L Films

Arts Council of England

AMLF

BBC

The Film Consortium

Greenpoint Films

Hideous Kinky Trailers

Cast

Julia

Kate Winslet

Bilal

Saïd Taghmaoui

Bea

Bella Riza

Lucy

Carrie Mullan

Santoni

Pierre Clémenti

Charlotte

Abigail Cruttenden

Ben Said

Ahmed Boulane

Eva

Sira Stampe

Sufi Sheikh

Amidou

Patricia

Michelle Fairley

Henning

Kevin McKidd

Hippy

Peter Youngblood Hills

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