Dunya & Desie (2008)

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Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2008-04-16
Director: Dana Nechushtan
Writers: Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Language: Dutch | Arabic
Stars: Maryam Hassouni , Eva van de Wijdeven , Christine van Stralen , Theo Maassen , Rachida Iaallala , Mahjoub Benmoussa , Iliass Ojja , Ilias Addab , Tygo Gernandt , Micha Hulshof
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: 3 wins & 4 nominations
AKA: Dunya & Desie (United Kingdom) , Dunya & Desie (United States of America) , Dünya & Desie (Turkey) , Dunya & Desie (Netherlands the) , Dunya és Desie (Hungary) , Dunya & Desie in Marokko (Netherlands the) , Dunya & Desie (Argentina) , ドゥーニャとデイジー (Japan) , Дуня и Дези (Russian Federation) , Dunya & Desie
Plot: The story of two 18-year old best friends who grew up together in the suburbs of Amsterdam. Dunya is Moroccan, grown up with Ramadan, imams and Mecca. Desie is as Dutch as cheese and tulips. On her 18th birthday Dunya is told that her family would like her to marry a second cousin from Morocco. She shall meet him during the family's holiday in Morocco but she's not looking forward to it. Desie, who has recently begun taking driving lessons, unexpectedly gets pregnant from her driving instructor. He breaks up with her instantly and says it's up to Desie to solve this. Desie want to look for her biological father. When appears that her father lives in Morocco, Dunya and Desie decide to go and look for him together. But Morocco is not Amsterdam, and together they get entangled in a road trip that takes them through the country of Morroco; from the big cities, through the deserts, into the mountains, where they get into exciting and hilarious situations. In the end they have to make some important choices for themselves.
IMDB:tt0940688