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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.[1]

Scirocco
Directed by	Aldo Lado
Written by	Aldo Lado Fiorenzo Senese
Starring	Fiona Gélin
Cinematography	Ramón F. Suárez
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Release date	12 August 1987 (1987-08-12)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

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. She seeks relief in the exoticism the country offers and she is soon attracted to a local thug nicknamed Le Serpent (Yves Collignon) she meets in the kasbah. However, her relationship with him starts to become increasingly exploitative.

Cast

• Fiona Gélin: Léa
• Enzo De Caro: Alfredo
• Yves Collignon: Le Serpent
• Joshua McDonald: Jeff
• Gianluigi Ghione: Stefan
• Christophe Ratendra: Le garçon d'étage
• Alberto Canova: Kurt
• Abdellatif Hamrouni: Vecchio Arabo
• Nadia Saiji: Gitana

Production

Fiona Gélin tells of her ordeal during the shooting of this film: "In fact, there were nude scenes that were hidden from me and that I had to play. The result was on the verge of an erotic film. I felt betrayed, completely disoriented and I broke down. I was ashamed of myself. This led to a depression and a month in a psychiatric hospital."[2]

References

External links

• Amantide – Scirocco at IMDb

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