Desert Flower (2009)
Desert Flower is a 2009 drama movie directed by Sherry Hormann, with a running time of 2h. It stars Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson.
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.
Where to watch Desert Flower
Rent: Apple TV Store
Buy: Apple TV Store
Official site
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
- Prashant Prabhakar as Kami