Dunya & Desie

Dunya & Desie

6.9IMDb Score
Released:2008-04-17
Genre:Drama
Duration:101 min
Director:Dana Nechushtan
Actors:Maryam Hassouni, Eva van de Wijdeven, Mahjoub Benmoussa, Rachida Iaallala, Christine van Stralen
Production:Agora Films, Motion Investment Group, Lemming Film, A Private View, NPS

Overview:

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.

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