Hideous Kinky (film)
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| Directed by | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Screenplay by | Billy MacKinnon |
| Based on | Hideous Kinky by Esther Freud |
| Produced by | Ann Scott |
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| Cinematography | John de Borman |
| Edited by | Pia Di Ciaula |
| Music by | John E. Keane |
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| Distributed by | AMLF (France) United International Pictures (United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 98 min. |
| Countries | France United Kingdom |
| Languages | English French Arabic |
| Budget | £3.2 million |
| Box office | $1,263,279 (Domestic) |
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.