Desert Flower

Desert Flower

Drama · 2009 · 2h 7m

Movie

7.6/10 · TMDB

The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.

Overview

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.

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Cast & crew

Liya KebedeWaris Dirie
Sally HawkinsMarylin
Craig ParkinsonNeil
Meera SyalPushpa Patel
Anthony MackieHarold Jackson
Juliet StevensonLucinda
Timothy SpallTerry Donaldson
Lucrezia PhantaziaGirl in Boardinghouse
Soraya Omar-ScegoYoung Waris
Anna HilgedieckGirl in Shower
Matthew Alexander KaufmanFastfood Manager
Prashant PrabhakarKami
Tim SeyfiSimon
Teresa ChurcherNurse Anne
William de CoverlyDoctor

Information

Release date
24 September 2009
Director
Sherry Hormann
Genres
Drama
Runtime
2h 7m
Country of origin
Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, France

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