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Release Date:
16 April 2008 (Belgium) more
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Awards:
2 wins & 3 nominations more
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Predictable but Entertaining more (2 total)

Cast

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Maryam Hassouni ... Dunya El-Beneni
Eva van de Wijdeven ... Desie Koppenol
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alix Adams ... Mrs. Schakel
Ilias Addab ... Samir
Mahjoub Benmoussa ... Nabil El-Beneni
Tygo Gernandt ... Pim
Micha Hulshof ... Maik
Rachida Iaallala ... Kenza El-Beneni
Nezha Karim
Philipp Keese
Theo Maassen ... Jeff Schouten
Marcel Musters ... Hans Schakel
Iliass Ojja ... Souffian 'Zoef' El-Beneni
Abdullah Ahmed Saleh ... Dunya's grandfather
Habiba Tribou (as Habibi Triboe)
Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen
Christine van Stralen ... Monique Koppenol
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dunya & Desie in Marokko (Netherlands) (working title)
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Runtime:
Argentina:98 min | Germany:98 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Netherlands' 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the bar, Desie's right earring falls off and a few moments later mysteriously reappears on her ear. more
Quotes:
Desie Koppenol: I think my period is late...
Dunya El-Beneni: What?
Desie Koppenol: Yeah... funny huh... But it doesn't have to mean anything, I mean some people are late because of stress.
Dunya El-Beneni: Are you stressed then?
Desie Koppenol: Yeah, now I am!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Op de set van 'Dunya en Desie' (2008) (TV) more

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Predictable but Entertaining, 14 October 2008
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Dunya & Desie threads a path already taken by many other films, arguably more successfully. The central theme is that of the cultural differences between different generation of immigrants. In this case the immigrants are a family of Muslim Moroccons living in Holland. Their daughter Dunya's best friend is Desie, a very liberated and promiscuous girl. Dunya's mother is horrified by Desie's behavior and forbids Dunya from associating with her. The story, and the film, only comes alive when Dunya goes back with her family to Morroco to meet a cousin whom Dunya's parents have arranged for her to marry and Desie follows her to find her own father who also lives in Morrocco.

While Dunya & Desie does not break any new ground, it is nevertheless very entertaining and full of lighthearted moments. It has a very capable cast and should particularly go down well with teenagers.

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