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Desert Flower

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

2009 · 2h 7m

Directed by Sherry Hormann

7.6

TMDB audience score
508 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Anastasia Hille
    Journalist

  • Safa Idriss Nour
    Little Waris