Movies

HomeMoviesSearchTV SeriesBookmarksView Source
Dunya & Desie
Dunya & Desie

Dunya & Desie

Genres

Drama

OverView

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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

101 mins

Rating

6.909/10

Release Date

17 April 2008

Country

Morocco

Cast

Maryam Hassouni

Maryam Hassouni

Dunya El-Beneni

Eva van de Wijdeven

Eva van de Wijdeven

Desie Koppenol

Mahjoub Benmoussa

Mahjoub Benmoussa

Nabil El-Beneni

Rachida Iaallala

Rachida Iaallala

Kenza El-Beneni

Christine van Stralen

Christine van Stralen

Monique Koppenol

Theo Maassen

Theo Maassen

Jeff Schouten

Iliass Ojja

Iliass Ojja

Soufian El-Beneni

Ilias Addab

Ilias Addab

Shamir

Tygo Gernandt

Tygo Gernandt

Pim

Micha Hulshof

Micha Hulshof

Maik

Nezha Karim

Nezha Karim

Dunya's Aunt

Marcel Musters

Marcel Musters

Hans Schakel

Alix Adams

Alix Adams

Mrs. Schakel

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen

Desie's Brother

Similar Movies

7.8

Check the Store Next Door 2

December 2022 •Indonesian

Erwin wants to propose to Natalie, but encounters obstacles due to demands from his prospective in-laws. On the other hand, Koh Afuk urges Yohan and Ayu to have children soon.

7.5

My Family

May 1995 •English

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

6.4

Melvin and Howard

September 1980 •English

The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.

0.0

Oye Ninne

October 2017 •Telugu

'Oye Ninne' charts the story of Vishnu, a young man who aspires to be a farmer while his parents want him to aim for something big. He grows up with his cousin Veda, whom he shares a love-hate relationship. For Vishnu, she's that "annoying cousin" everyone has in a family; whom your parents love more than you. Vishnu's father believes he's good-for-nothing, but will that change?

6.5

On a Clear Day

August 2005 •English

After decades of laboring as a Glasgow shipbuilder, Frank Redmond, a no-nonsense 55-year-old working-class man, suddenly finds himself laid off. For the first time in his life, he is without a job or a sense of direction, and he's too proud to ask for guidance. His best mates - rascally Danny, timid Norman and cynical Eddie - are there for him, but Frank still feels desperately alone. An offhand remark from Danny inspires Frank to challenge himself. Already contemplating the state of his relationships with loving wife Joan and all-but-estranged son Rob, Frank is determined to shore up his own self-confidence. He will attempt the near impossible - swimming the English Channel.

6.1

Heidi

November 1968 •English

Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on the alm. He at first resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl manages to penetrate his harsh exterior and subsequently has a delightful stay with him and her best friend, young Peter the goat-herd.

6.5

The Wedding Waltz

September 1988 •Finnish

Viltteri, a balding guy in his thirties living in rural northern Finland, is hopelessly clueless about his new role as a married man and the father of a newborn son. A perfect escape from family responsibilities is having to get his old Hillman Minx repaired and inspected for road-worthiness, with a little help from an eccentric bunch of friends who never seem to have grown up either.

7.0

Hanya Namamu Dalam Doaku

August 2025 •Indonesian

Nala live a seemingly harmonious family. The father always prayed for his family to remain healthy and happy, both in this world and the hereafter. However, a figure from the father's past, whose matters remained unresolved, eventually caused a rift in their family life.

6.7

The Railway Children

December 1970 •English

After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.

4.0

Kiss or Kill

July 1997 •English

Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.

6.8

My Only Sunshine

March 2009 •Turkish

Hayat, her father and bedridden grandfather live in a riverside shack near the dangerously dark but breathtakingly beautiful waters of the Bosphorus. Hayat's father owns a small boat that secures the family's survival through a miscellany of not always lawful ventures. Beyond the motion and romance of the water, Hayat's life is harsh and unrelenting. But Hayat has an instinct for survival. Her capacity for courage, endurance and hope in the face of these trials suggest that there is Life despite the manifold injustices of an unjust world.

6.7

Valmont

November 1989 •English

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that he can seduce her, even though she is an honorable woman. If he wins, he can have his lover to do as he will. However, in the process of seducing the married woman, Valmont falls in love.

7.1

Udaharanam Sujatha

September 2017 •Malayalam

Sujatha, mother of a teenaged girl, nurses a dream to educate her daughter by doing multiple jobs at houses and factories. However, her daughter Athira doesn't take education seriously, believing that being the off spring of a domestic help, she too will end up the same. A dismayed Sujatha is on the lookout for ways to rouse Athira's competitive spirit.

8.1

Billy Elliot: The Musical Live

September 2014 •English

In County Durham, England, 1984, a talented young dancer, Billy Elliot, stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family’s set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes in a musical that questions masculinity, gender norms and conformity.

6.3

Sharing the Secret

May 2000 •English

A teenage girl, who feels she must always seem happy for her parents and friends, secretly binges and purges.

7.1

Real Steel

September 2011 •English

Charlie Kenton is a washed-up fighter who retired from the ring when robots took over the sport. After his robot is trashed, he reluctantly teams up with his estranged son to rebuild and train an unlikely contender.

5.6

La cárcel de Cananea

December 1960 •Spanish

Law officer tracks and recaptures escaped convict.

1.0

The Good Book

July 2014 •English

A small New Testament passes through the hands of fourteen strangers. For seven of the individuals, their lives will never be the same.

5.0

Snow

October 2015 •Bulgarian

"Snow" is a film for the choice, betrayal and forgiveness between brothers and sons, narrated on the background of the harsh reality in an abandoned place.

5.4

Ladies of Steel

January 2020 •Finnish

Inkeri, 75, has hit her husband on the head with a solid iron frying pan and is planning to bury him in their garden. Before facing the rest of her life in prison, there may yet be a moment left to really live. Inkeri makes her sisters Sylvi and Raili join her on a trip to the Koli National Park. Will Inkeri find in her that free young woman who desired a feminist revolution in the 70s?