Meskina
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Fadua El Akchaoui
Ernst Gonlag
Lisa May Visser
Soundos El Ahmadi
| Meskina | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Daria Bukvic |
| Written by | Daria Bukvic Fadua El Akchaoui Ernst Gonlag |
| Produced by | Jeroen Koopman Lisa May Visser |
| Starring | Maryam Hassouni Soundos El Ahmadi |
| Cinematography | Ezra Reverda |
| Edited by | Joshua Menco |
| Music by | Matthijs Kieboom |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | Dutch |
Meskina is a 2021 Dutch romantic comedy film. The film was a passion project of Dutch-Moroccan Stand-up comedian Soundos El Ahmadi, who wanted to see more representation of the Moroccan community in Dutch films.[2]
The movie was released on Netflix globally as an Original on March 4, 2022 for three years.[3]
- Maryam Hassouni as Leyla Idrissi
- Soundos El Ahmadi as Amira, Leyla's older sister
- Rachida Iaallala as Najat, Leyla and Amira's mother
- Olaf Ait Tami as Abdelkarim, Leyla's ex-husband
- Jouman Fattal as Malika, Leyla's cousin
- Oscar Aerts as Klaas, Amira's husband
- Najib Amhali as Ali
- Bilal Wahib as Rayan
- Nasrdin Dchar as Amin
- Vincent Banic as Fabian
- Fahd Larhzaoui as Ibrahim
- Fadua El Akchaoui as Fatima
- Nora Akachar as Farida
- Joy Delima as Patricia
- Siham Bolakhrif as Yasmina
- Sabri Saddik as Yassin
- Yasmin Karssing as Alicia X
Reception
The film received mostly mixed reviews.[4] Algemeen Dagblad said that the film had too many romcom-clichés and caricatures for the people to feel real.[5] De Volkskrant also mentioned the romcom-clichés and wished the film had more depth to it.[6] However NRC Handelsblad was a bit more positive saying that the film aims for a young audience but with the pace of the jokes could also get other people invested.[7] The film was sold out on its openingweekend.[8]