Dunya & Desie

1h 41min

Drama

Dunya and Desie are two 18 year old best friends from Amsterdam North. Dunya is Moroccan and Desie is Dutch. On Dunya's Birthday she is told that her marriage has been arranged with a distant cousin in Morocco. Dunya and her family will travel to Morocco to meet him. After Desie discovers that she is pregnant she joins Dunya in Morocco in a search for Desies father.

Production Companies

Agora Films

Motion Investment Group

Lemming Film

A Private View

NPS

Cast

Maryam Hassouni

Maryam Hassouni

Dunya El-Beneni
Eva van de Wijdeven

Eva van de Wijdeven

Desie Koppenol
Mahjoub Benmoussa

Mahjoub Benmoussa

Nabil El-Beneni
Rachida Iaallala

Rachida Iaallala

Kenza El-Beneni
Christine van Stralen

Christine van Stralen

Monique Koppenol
Theo Maassen

Theo Maassen

Jeff Schouten
Iliass Ojja

Iliass Ojja

Soufian El-Beneni
Nezha Karim

Nezha Karim

Dunya's Aunt
Marcel Musters

Marcel Musters

Hans Schakel
Alix Adams

Alix Adams

Mrs. Schakel

Release date

17th Apr 2008

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, العربية, Nederlands