Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky is a 1998 drama film directed by Scottish director Gillies MacKinnon. Based on Esther Freud's semi-autobiographical 1992 novel of the same name, it follows a young English mother who moves from London to Morocco with her two young daughters in the early 1970s. The film stars Kate Winslet and French-Moroccan actor Saïd Taghmaoui.
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Sirocco1931 · MarrakechAlarm in Morocco1953 · MarrakechSaadia1953 · Marrakech, Tiznit, Tafraout, GoulmimaOasis1955 · Casablanca, Marrakech, AgadirThe Man Who Knew Too Much1956 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechSodom and Gomorrah1962 · Marrakech, OuarzazateGreed in the Sun1964 · Ouarzazate, MarrakechOur Man in Marrakesh1966 · MarrakechThe film mapEvery title shot in Morocco, with filtersVisiting the film setsA route to Ouarzazate, Aït Benhaddou, Essaouira and Tangier
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