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Dunya & Desie

6.9/ 1020081h 41mAL

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.

Directed by Dana Nechushtan

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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

Kenza El-Beneni

Christine van Stralen

Christine van Stralen

Monique Koppenol

Theo Maassen

Theo Maassen

Jeff Schouten

Iliass Ojja

Iliass Ojja

Soufian El-Beneni

Ilias Addab

Ilias Addab

Shamir