Hideous Kinky (film)

• Kate Winslet: Julia
• Saïd Taghmaoui: Bilal
• Bella Riza: Bea
• Carrie Mullan: Lucy
• Pierre Clémenti: Santoni
• Abigail Cruttenden: Charlotte
• Boulane Ahmed Ben Said
• Sira Stampe: Eva
• Amidou: Sufi Sheikh
• Michelle Fairley: Patricia
• Kevin McKidd: Henning

Marrakech ( Original Title: Hideous Kinky ) is a British- French film drama from 1998 was directed by Gillies MacKinnon, the screenplay was written by Billy MacKinnon based on a novel by Esther Freud..

Action

The action takes place in 1972. Londoners Hippie Woman Julia and her two young daughters to travel to Morocco, where Julia seeks spiritual inspiration. She falls in love with the locals Bilal who is employed in a quarry, but also lives of theft and fraud.

The local women can not understand, while with her befriended Eva urges her to study, Julia. The family is going through financial difficulties. Julia's older daughter Bea misses school. At the end paid Bilal Julia and her daughters the return trip to England.

Criticism

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews, the film was a " road movie of a different kind ." He praised the " first-class " representation of Kate Winslet and the " charismatic " by Saïd Taghmaoui game. The camera work shows the beauty of the desert, which would be the one of the main characters.

Awards

John de Borman was in 2000 - for the entire performance, and especially for Marrakech - the Evening Standard British Film Award.

Background

The film was shot at various locations in Marrakech. His cost of production was estimated at 12 million U.S. dollars. The film had its world premiere on October 2nd at the 1998 Dinard Festival of British Cinema; November 17, 1998, he was presented at The Times BFI London Film Festival. He played in British cinemas an approximately 438 thousand pounds sterling and in the cinemas of the United States - about 1.26 million U.S. dollars. In Germany, there were approximately 111 thousand moviegoers.