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

[1][2] Léa is married to engineer Alfredo who works at oil wells in the Maghreb.

She seeks relief in the exoticism the country offers and she is soon attracted to a local thug nicknamed Le Serpent she meets in the kasbah.

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.

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