Synopsis
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.
1998 Directed by Gillies MacKinnon
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 Saïd Taghmaoui Bella Riza Carrie Mullan Pierre Clémenti Abigail Cruttenden Ahmed Boulane Sira Stampe Amidou Michelle Fairley Kevin McKidd Peter Youngblood Hills Mohcine Barmouni Annouar Zrika Mohamed Cherkaoui Abderrahim Bargache Frédérique Zepter Roukia Bent H'mad Hassan Bajja Lisa Orgolini David Baxt Fadila Benmoussa Khadija Adly Abdelkader Lotfi
Goodbye Morocco, Експрес до Маракеш, Marrakesch, El viaje de Julia, Marrakech Express, מרקש אקספרס, Ideus Kinky - Un treno per Marrakech, W stronę Marrakeszu, O Expresso de Marrakesh, Экспресс в Марракеш, 北非情人
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can i just say how happy i am that i’ve been watching a ton of kate’s movies lately?? i say i love celebrities all the time, but with kate i genuinely have looked up to her as a role model since i was 10 (i even used to have a fan page for her,, oops) but when i was a kid i was never really allowed to watch a lot of her movies, but now that i’m 18 i can just watch them whenever i want like it’s nothing and y’all have no idea how much joy that brings me. i know they’re just movies, and not always great ones at that, but just the fact that i’m finally watching movies that i’ve wanted to since i was a kid just makes me way happier than it should. movies are great, y’all.
The search for enlightenment and the spiritual meaning of life was something that was big in the late sixties and early seventies. Not quite all about drugs,some found them a huge help towards opening the doors of perception, although for most it was really all about freedom and learning how to express yourself. Inner peace and finding your place in the great scheme of things was the hippie dream. It's one of those things I rarely think of myself as just like the rest of the planet I'm dealing with the struggles of everyday life, paying taxes, dealing with work and wondering what film Kate Winslet will get her thrupenny bits out in next.
This film based on the autobiographical…
I watched and liked this for Kate Winslet’s liberation after Titanic. Her career choices have been adventurous and this was one of them. I also like the performances of the two actresses who played her daughters: Bella Riza and Carrie Mullan. I especially liked Said Taghmaoui as Bilal. Lastly, I really loved the Moroccan locations where this was filmed.
Hideous Kinky is a charming, yet messy and slightly confusing story with a great performance by Kate Winslet, and some beautiful shots of Morocco accompanied by a very American, hippie 60s soundtrack. Some great make-up and hair design by Mel Gibson too (yes yes I know, different one...)
the translating poetry with beautiful street performer saïd taghmaoui, living in a Moroccan palace with pierre clémenti, hitchhiking through the desert with kevin mckidd lifestyle, all the while with perfect skin and two children who aren't annoying
The year is 1972. Julia, played by Kate Winslet is disenfranchised with her life. She wants to get back to basics.
She packs her two children and leaves England for Morocco. There she finds unexpected delights as well as hard struggles.
She also finds love in the form of Said Taghmaoui.
Moving and thoughtful with fine performances.
Take a minute and imagine what a movie called HIDEOUS KINKY might be like. Got it? Now take those expectations and throw them away. I doubt you came very close to the truth anyway.
This is a movie about a young mother looking for meaning to her life while caring for two little girls. A movie about motherhood, spirituality, religion, freedom and... love. Kate Winslet has never been better, but the real stars of the movie are the two girls. The title comes from them, but I can't really say that I figured out what it means.
In the beginning, the movie felt very fragmented, and I struggled to find a purpose, but then it found its legs. The story…
I was always surprised by the muted reaction to this film, given how successful it is in so many ways at once. It manages to tell its story through the eyes of the child characters while still viewing all the other characters and situations non-judgementally. Its very structure—meandering, repetitive, episodic—is quite evocative of memory, and this is indeed autobiographical. It drips with so much atmosphere in its period setting you might think the filmmakers actually sent a film camera back through time. (And when they did, they framed every shot with such careful artistry it might as well have actually been made in the 1970s.)
And then there is Kate Winslet, delivering what I still think is probably her best…
Film #10 of the Scavenger Hunt 2
Task #15. A film featuring a place/landmark you want to visit!
This is the story of young mother of 2 Julia, who has taken her daughters away from the staidness of London the colourful, exotic Morocco in her search for enlightenment.
From the outset it is clear that Julia fears she is not doing the right thing by her daughters, as we see with her frequent nightmares. But she stubbornly sticks to her guns and tries to create a life for them which embraces freedom and the spirit of adventure, something that 5 year old Lucy is quite comfortable with, but 7 year old Bea rejects, craving more stability and 'normality'.
This film…
A bright, colorful, and charming story of a woman and her two young daughters exploring the beautiful land and cityscapes of Morocco. Excellent soundtrack!
well...i guess this is pretty much xenophobic if not racist, wasn't expecting that. the movie marginalizes people in Morroco and mocks their culture at parts. was it supposed to be funny or...? trying to get what is the "hideous kinky". for the rest, theres from nowhere twists and the movie has no point at all by the end. i saw it for saïd taghmaoui and he's great with kate winslet but her character is stupid, and i didnt enjoy his character got everything he didnt have, got in danger to this dumb ass white lady that put herself in those positions for nothing, and the story of course insinuated he was "a criminal". a waste
An interesting take on the coming-of-age story, as the kids feature prominently as a reflection of the mother’s own search for fulfillment. This film doesn’t outright condemn her choices, but it doesn’t idealize them either. Bad decisions are made and there are moments that could turn out far worse in the circumstances, but there is no presence of evil and everything sort of works out. Go with the flow, man... but Winslet’s character actively fights against her own daughters’ wishes to follow a different flow than she has in mind.
Beautiful locations and a nice array of supporting characters. The children are charming and the music sets a nice period feel.