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Dunya & Desie

2008 · 1h 41m · Drama · Morocco, Belgium · Rated AL (NL)

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.

Directed by
Dana Nechushtan
Written by
Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Starring
Maryam Hassouni, Eva van de Wijdeven, Mahjoub Benmoussa, Rachida Iaallala
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6.2Smart score

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Rent or buy · 2Belgium, Netherlands

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amsterdam, netherlandsarranged marriagecultural differencefamily relationshipsinterracial friendshipmaroccoparent child relationshiproad tripteenage pregnancy
RatingAL (NL)

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