Movie
Desert Flower
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-09-24
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Filmproduktion, MTM West Television & Film, Dor Film, Bac Films
- Country
- Austria, Germany, France
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Sherry Hormann - Director
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