Desert Flower (2009)
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
120 min
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.
- Release date
- September 24, 2009
- Country of origin
- Austria, France, United Kingdom, Germany
- Box office
- $14,682,943
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Liya Kebede as Waris Dirie
- Sally Hawkins as Marilyn
- Craig Parkinson as Neil
- Meera Syal as Pushpa Patel
- Anthony Mackie as Harold Jackson
- Juliet Stevenson as Lucinda
- Timothy Spall as Terry Donaldson
- Soraya Omar-Scego as Young Waris
- Anna Hilgedieck as Girl in Shower
- Prashant Prabhakar as Kami
- Tim Seyfi as Simon
- Teresa Churcher as Nurse Anne
- William de Coverly as Doctor
- Nick Raio as Truck Driver New York
- Anastasia Hille as Journalist
- Nigel Betts as Home Office Detective
- Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh as Old Man
- Awa Saïd Darar as Amina
- Roun Daher Aïnan as Waris' Mother
- Osman Aden Dalieg as Waris' Father
- Lucrezia Phantazia as Girl in Boardinghouse
Crew
- Sherry Hormann · Director
- Waris Dirie · Writer
- Sherry Hormann · Writer
- Cathleen Miller · Writer
- Wüstenblume · Writer
- Peter Herrmann · Producer
- Martin Todsharow · Composer
- Ken Kelsch · Cinematographer
- Clara Fabry · Editor
- John Hubbard · Casting director
- Ros Hubbard · Casting director
- Jamie Leonard · Production designer