Desert Flower (2009)

Kernel Score: 83% · 474 ratings

Genres: Drama

Released: 2009-09-24

Runtime: 120 minutes

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.

Director

Sherry Hormann

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