
Closer(2004)
The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.


“A journey to love.”
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.

Kate Winslet
Julia

Saïd Taghmaoui
Bilal
Bella Riza
Bea
Carrie Mullan
Lucy

Pierre Clémenti
Santoni

Abigail Cruttenden
Charlotte

Ahmed Boulane
Ben Said

Sira Stampe
Eva

Amidou
Sufi Sheikh

Michelle Fairley
Patricia
Hideous Kinky is a romance, drama film released in 1999 exploring themes of hippie, culture clash, arabian, lover, morocco, sister. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, it stars Kate Winslet, Saïd Taghmaoui, Bella Riza. 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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