Desert Flower

Desert Flower

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 24, 2009

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.

Desert Flower

120 mins | Drama | Sept. 24, 2009

Desert Flower
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Desert Flower, Backup Media, Torus
Original title Desert Flower
Directors Sherry Hormann
Writers Waris Dirie, Smita Bhide, 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

Matthew Alexander Kaufman

as Fastfood Manager

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

Safa Idriss Nour

as Little Waris

Nigel Betts

as Home Office Detective

Eckart Friz

as Spike

Michele Thevenet

as Make Up Artist