The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
Desert Flower
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Synopsis
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.
- Directed by
- Sherry Hormann
- Written by
- Waris Dirie, Smita Bhide, Sherry Hormann
Cast
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins
Marylin
Craig Parkinson
Neil
Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson
Juliet Stevenson
Lucinda
Timothy Spall
Terry Donaldson
Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse
Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris
Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower
Matthew Alexander Kaufman
Fastfood Manager
Prashant Prabhakar
Kami
Tim Seyfi
Simon
Teresa Churcher
Nurse Anne
William de Coverly
Doctor
Nick Raio
Truck Driver New York
Details
- Released
- September 24, 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- Status
- Released
- Language
- EN
- Country
- Austria, Germany, France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Box office
- $14,682,943
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