Desert Flower · 2009 ·
“The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.”
Movie Details
Production information
11 fields
Released
2009-09-24
Runtime
120 min
Genre
Drama
Director
Sherry Hormann
Writer
Sherry Hormann, Waris Dirie, Smita Bhide
Country
Austria, Germany, France
Language
French, Somali, English
Status
Released
Revenue
$14,682,943
Production
Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Filmproduktion, MTM West Television & Film, Dor Film, Bac Films
Cast
Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Lucrezia Phantazia, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anna Hilgedieck
Storyline
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.
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