Dunya & Desie
2008, Dutch. Directed by Dana Nechushtan.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dutch
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Cast & crew
- Dana NechushtanDirector
- Maryam HassouniDunya El-Beneni
- Eva van de WijdevenDesie Koppenol
- Mahjoub BenmoussaNabil El-Beneni
- Rachida IaallalaKenza El-Beneni
- Christine van StralenMonique Koppenol
- Theo MaassenJeff Schouten
- Iliass OjjaSoufian El-Beneni
- Ilias AddabShamir
- Tygo GernandtPim
- Micha HulshofMaik
- Nezha KarimDunya's Aunt
- Marcel MustersHans Schakel
Details
- Released
- 17 April 2008
- Country
- Morocco, Belgium, Netherlands
- Written by
- Robert Alberdingk Thijm
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Dunya & Desie runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Dunya & Desie isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 April 2008. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Dunya & Desie?
If you liked Dunya & Desie, try The Color of Friendship, The Diary of Anne Frank, Mansfield Park.
Who directed Dunya & Desie?
Dunya & Desie (2008) was directed by Dana Nechushtan and stars Maryam Hassouni, Eva van de Wijdeven, Mahjoub Benmoussa.