Hideous Kinky is set in a time about 30 years ago when it was not uncommon for young British free-thinkers to cross into the next continent with virtually nothing in their pockets. They left their proper schooling and part-time jobs behind to make their trek into a poor, desert country in Africa in search of themselves and their spirituality. And so this story begins with a young English hippie woman who has brought her two young daughters with her on her journey. Though the book is narrated by the youngest of the two daughters, it is not yet clear that this is so in the screenplay version of Hideous Kinky.

Hideous Kinky (1998)
  • Rating: (3,938 votes)
  • Taglines:It's not just an adventure... It's a love affair. » A Journey to Love »
  • Runtime:98 minutes
  • Director: Gillies MacKinnon
  • Countries:UK, France
  • Actors:
    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
  • Genres:Drama, Romance
  • Producers:
    Marina Gefter
    co-producer  
    Annabel Karouby
    co-producer  
    Simon Relph
    executive producer  
    Paul Sarony
    line producer  
    Pierre Sayag
    line producer: France  
    Emmanuel Schlumberger
    co-producer  
    Ann Scott
    producer  
    Mark Shivas
    executive producer  
  • Plots: Hideous Kinky is the story of two sisters (seven and five years old) traveling with their hippie mother from London to Morocco. They encounter many adventures, new experiences, and interesting culture as they tag along on their mother's search for freedom and love. It is told through the eyes of the youngest girl, and we learn her observations on life, Mum, and determined sister, Bea. Written by Jesse Payne <RUbabes@aol.com>
Hideous Kinky
  • User's comment:fascinating by anonymous

    This is a really fascinating film, extremely well-acted (the two little girls are especially good), whose only flaw is an ending that is a bit too neat. The soundtrack is wonderful: traditional Moroccan music mixed with some very well-chosen popular songs of the period. Using "White Rabbit" to accompany Julia's frantic search for her missing daughter is a particularly good choice.

    "Hideous Kinky" serves as a reminder of something that seems shocking now -- just 30 years ago, a whole class of educated Western women sought enlightenment, and even liberation, in Islam. One wonders: what became of these women? Did they remain in Islam? Have they survived the rising tide of fundamentalism? And what of their children? What is their cultural legacy? What burdens do they bear?


  • Quotes: Lucy: Mom, is it Christmas yet? Julia: No, darling. Not till morning. Lucy: Is it morning yet?
  • Also known as: A marokkói kaland (Hungary - imdb display title), El viaje de Julia (Chile), Goodbye Morocco (Japan - English title), Hideous Kinky: El viaje de Julia (Argentina), Ideus Kinky - Un treno per Marrakech (Italy), Marokko 1972 (Finland), Marrakech express (France), Marrakesch (Germany), O Expresso de Marrakesh (Brazil), O erotas taxidevei sto Maroko (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title),

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