---
title: 'Hideous Kinky (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gillies MacKinnon'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hideous-kinky-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0136244/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hideous Kinky (1998)

1998 · 98 min · Drama · United Kingdom, France


## Synopsis

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. The soundtrack mixes original music with songs from the 1960s, including tracks from Canned Heat, Richie Havens, and The Incredible String Band.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gillies MacKinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/gillies-mackinnon)
- **Screenplay:** [William Mackinnon](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-mackinnon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nick Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-drake)
- **Producer:** [Ann Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-scott)
- **Director of Photography:** [John de Borman](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-de-borman)

## Cast

- [Kate Winslet](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-winslet)
- [Kevin McKidd](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mckidd)
- [Pierre Clémenti](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-clementi)
- [Saïd Taghmaoui](https://cinepixo.com/people/said-taghmaoui)

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