Desert Flower
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
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.
Crew and Cast
Sherry HormannDirector
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 SeyfiSimonTeresa ChurcherNurse Anne
William de CoverlyDoctor
Nick RaioTruck Driver New York
Anastasia HilleJournalist
Safa Idriss NourLittle Waris
Nigel BettsHome Office Detective
Eckart FrizSpike
Michele ThevenetMake Up ArtistEmma KayImmigration Officer
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 24 September 2009
- Runtime
- 2h 7m
- TMDB score
- 7.6 / 10 (506 votes)
Production
- Director
- Sherry Hormann
- Writers
- Waris Dirie
- Studios
- Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Film
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, France
Box Office
- Revenue
- $14.7M
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English, Somali, French