Film · Drama
Desert Flower (2009)
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
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
- Writers
- Sherry Hormann, Waris Dirie, Smita Bhide
- Country
- Austria, United Kingdom, Germany
- Language
- English
- Release date
- September 24, 2009
Desert Flower was released on September 24, 2009. Where to watch in United States: Apple TV Store (rent or buy).
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Desert Flower cast
Liya KebedeWaris Dirie
Sally HawkinsMarylin
Craig ParkinsonNeil
Meera SyalPushpa Patel
Anthony MackieHarold Jackson
Juliet StevensonLucinda
Timothy SpallTerry Donaldson
Lucrezia PhantaziaGirl in Boardinghouse
Soraya Omar-ScegoYoung Waris
Anna HilgedieckGirl in Shower
Matthew Alexander KaufmanFastfood Manager
Prashant PrabhakarKami
Tim SeyfiSimon- Teresa ChurcherNurse Anne
William de CoverlyDoctor
Nick RaioTruck Driver New York
Anastasia HilleJournalist
Safa Idriss NourLittle Waris
Nigel BettsHome Office Detective
Eckart FrizSpike
