Desert Flower

Desert Flower (2009)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2009-09-24
  • User Rating: 7.5/10 from 420 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Backup Media
  • Production Country: Austria, Germany, United Kingdom
  • Director: Sherry Hormann
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Summary

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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  • Liya Kebede

    as Waris Dirie

  • Sally Hawkins

    as Marylin

  • Craig Parkinson

    as Neil

  • Meera Syal

    as Pushpa Patel

  • Anthony Mackie

    as Harold Jackson

  • Juliet Stevenson

    as Lucinda

  • Timothy Spall

    as Terry Donaldson

  • Lucrezia Phantazia

    as Girl in Boardinghouse

  • Soraya Omar-Scego

    as Young Waris

  • Anna Hilgedieck

    as Girl in Shower

  • Matthew Alexander Kaufman

    as Fastfood Manager

  • Prashant Prabhakar

    as Kami

  • Tim Seyfi

    as Simon

  • Teresa Churcher

    as Nurse Anne

  • William de Coverly

    as Doctor

  • Nick Raio

    as Truck Driver New York

  • Anastasia Hille

    as Journalist

  • Safa Idriss Nour

    as Little Waris

  • Nigel Betts

    as Home Office Detective

  • Eckart Friz

    as Spike

  • Michele Thevenet

    as Make Up Artist
Directing Sherry Hormann Director
Writing Sherry Hormann Scenario Writer
Writing Waris Dirie Scenario Writer
Writing Smita Bhide Co-Writer
Production Maan Youssouf Ahmed Production Assistant
Sound Martin Todsharow Music
Art Jamie Leonard Production Design
Writing Waris Dirie Novel
Writing Smita Bhide Script Editor
Camera Ken Kelsch Director of Photography

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