Dunya & Desie (2008)
1h 41m
Running Time
April 17, 2008Release Date
Dunya & Desie (2008)
1h 41m
Running Time
April 17, 2008Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Maryam Hassouni
Dunya El-Beneni

Eva van de Wijdeven
Desie Koppenol

Mahjoub Benmoussa
Nabil El-Beneni

Rachida Iaallala
Kenza El-Beneni

Christine van Stralen
Monique Koppenol

Theo Maassen
Jeff Schouten

Iliass Ojja
Soufian El-Beneni

Ilias Addab
Shamir

Tygo Gernandt
Pim

Micha Hulshof
Maik

Nezha Karim
Dunya's Aunt

Marcel Musters
Hans Schakel

Alix Adams
Mrs. Schakel

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Desie's Brother

Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Writer

Dana Nechushtan
Director

Anneleen Koppert
Property Master

Monica Petit
Costume Design

Dirk Bombey
Sound Recordist

Steve Willaert
Original Music Composer

Gert Janssen
Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor

Bert Pot
Director of Photography

Liselotte Bredero
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist

J.P. Luijsterburg
Editor

Rebecca van Unen
Casting

Elske Falkena
Casting

Minka Mooren
Production Design

George van Breemen
Producer

Mares Thomassen
Property Master

Mona Houd
Production Manager

Myriam Laraki
Assistant Costume Designer

Hans van Helden
Post Production Supervisor

Khalid Ziraoui
Location Manager

Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
Co-Producer

Dries Phlypo
Co-Producer

Richt Martens
Assistant Director

Jo Vermaercke
Steadycam

Françoise Mol
Makeup Artist

Uwe Kuipers
Gaffer

Gerard Loomans
Production Design

Leontine Petit
Producer

Brechtje Schaling
Line Producer

Marina Blok
Editorial Coordinator

Nadia Khamlichi
Co-Producer

Alek Goosse
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Kees Brouwer
Location Manager / Location Scout

Bénédicte Bellocq
Executive Producer

Jeremy Burdek
Co-Producer

Joeri Verspecht
Boom Operator

Wendy van Veen
Production Manager

Sander Kuipers
Assistant Editor

Raf Enkels
Sound Editor / Dialogue Editor

Joost de Vries
Producer

Mieke de Wulf
Co-Producer

Walter Kloos
Location Scout

Souad Lamriki
Executive Producer

Adrian Politowski
Co-Producer

Sandra Beerends
Editorial Coordinator

Hind Ghazali
Art Department Coordinator

Johanneke Pastoor
Set Dresser
Media.

Details.
This Movie Is About.
amsterdam
parent child relationship
arranged marriage
road trip
family relationships
cultural difference
interracial friendship
teenage pregnancy
marocco
Wiki.
Dunya and Desie (Dutch: Dunya en Desie in Marokko – "Dunya and Desie in Morocco") is a 2008 Dutch film about the friendship between two Dutch teenage girls, directed by Dana Nechushtan and based on the television series Dunya en Desie ("Dunya and Desie"), which aired over three seasons, from 2002 to 2004. The film was chosen as the Netherlands' official submission to the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it was not nominated. It won a Golden Film, an award recognizing box office achievements in the Netherlands.
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