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Dunya & Desie is a heartwarming feelgood roadmovie about best friends Dunya and Desie. Dunya is Moroccan, raised with Ramadan, Imams and Mecca. Desie is as Dutch as Cheese, wooden shoes and tulips. On her 18th birthday, Dunya learns that her family wants her to get married to some nephew from Morocco. She doesn't really feel like doing so, but she has to go to Morocco with her family to meet him. At the same time Desie gets pregnant what makes her want to learn her own biological father. When she finds out he lives in Morocco, she also decides to leave for Morocco to find him. But Morocco isn't Amsterdam and they end up in all kinds of humorous as well as confronting situations, forcing them in the end to take a decision on certain things in life.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2008
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