Archive of films Dunya & Desie / Dunya & Desie

Netherlands / Belgium
2008, 94 min

Section: Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2008

Cross-cultural road pic Dunya & Desie positively sings with upbeat energy and humor, nailing its target teen-girl audience with a well-crafted story of friendship and understanding.


Synopsis

Cross-cultural road pic Dunya & Desie positively sings with upbeat energy and humor, nailing its target teen-girl audience with a well-crafted story of friendship and understanding. Amsterdam-based Dunya (Maryam Hassouni) and Desie (Eva van de Wijdeven), both 18, are best friends despite the enormous gulf in backgrounds and personalities. Dunya’s traditional Moroccan family is none too pleased with her friendship with Desie, a bubbly white-trash poster girl with bleached hair and skimpy clothing. Right before Dunya’s parents (Rachida Iaallala, Mahjoub Benmoussa) take her to Morocco for an arranged marriage, Desie discovers she’s pregnant, forcing her to decide whether to abort. The confused teen decamps to Morocco to hook up with Dunya and find her father, who left Holland for Casablanca 18 years earlier.

Contacts

Lemming Film
Kromme Mijdrechtstraat 110-3, 1079 LD, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 661 04 24
Fax: +31 20 661 09 79
E-mail: [email protected]

Delphis Films
, H2W 1M5, Montreal, Quebec
Canada
Tel: + 1 514 843 3355, +1 514 843 9574
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.delphisfilms.com

About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section: Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
   
Director: Dana Nechushtan
Screenplay: Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Dir. of Photography: Bert Pot
Music: Steve Willaert
Editor: JP Luijsterburg
Producer: Leontine Petit, Joost de Vries, George van Breemen
Production: Lemming Film
Cast: Maryam Hassouni, Eva van de Wijdeven, Christine van Stralen, Theo Maassen
Contact: Lemming Film, Delphis Films
   
www: www.dunyaendesiedefilm.nl

Guests

Claudia Landsberger

Distributor, Film Institution Rep.

Dana Nechushtan

Film Director, Film Director


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