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Fiona Gélin holding a gun while Enzo De Caro looking at her in the movie poster of the 1987 film, Scirocco
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Fiorenzo Senese

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12 August 1987


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Scirocco, also known as Amantide - Scirocco and with the international title Sahara Heat, is a 1987 French drama film directed by Aldo Lado and starring Fiona Gélin.

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Plot

Léa (Gélin) is married to engineer Alfredo (Enzo De Caro) who works at oil wells in the Maghreb. She visits her husband and finds that their marriage is deteriorating. In search of solace, she is drawn to the foreign allure of the country and soon finds herself enamored with a local criminal known as Le Serpent (Yves Collignon), whom she encounters in the kasbah. However, the dynamics of her relationship with him quickly begin to show exploitative traits.

Cast

Amantide - Scirocco (1987) | MUBI
  • Fiona Gélin: Léa
  • Enzo De Caro: Alfredo
  • Yves Collignon: Le Serpent
  • Joshua McDonald: Jeff
  • Gianluigi Ghione: Stefan
  • Christophe Ratendra: the hookah boy
  • Alberto Canova: Kurt
  • Abdellatif Hamrouni: the wise man
  • Nadia Saiji: the gypsy dancer
  • Ridha Zouari: the worker
  • References

    Scirocco (film) Wikipedia
    Scirocco (film) IMDb