Desert Flower (2009)

7.6/10 120 min Drama

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.

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

William de Coverly

Doctor

Nick Raio

Truck Driver New York

Anastasia Hille

Journalist

Safa Idriss Nour

Little Waris

Nigel Betts

Home Office Detective

Eckart Friz

Spike

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