Hideous Kinky

Hideous Kinky

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1999-02-05
Genre:Romance, Drama
Duration:98 min
Country:France, United Kingdom
Director:Gillies MacKinnon
Actors:Kate Winslet, Saïd Taghmaoui, Bella Riza, Carrie Mullan, Pierre Clémenti
Production:L Films, Arts Council of England, AMLF, BBC, The Film Consortium, Greenpoint Films

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.

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