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76% Critic Match
Desert Flower
“The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.”
7.6 / 10• 2009• 2h 7m•NR• English
Drama
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.
Cast & Crew
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Lead
Sally Hawkins
Marylin
Craig Parkinson
Neil
Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson
Juliet Stevenson
Lucinda
Timothy Spall
Terry Donaldson
Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sherry Hormann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Desert Flower is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
