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Desert Flower

The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.

2009★ 7.6 · 4942h 0mDrama

Overview

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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Cast

Anthony Mackie
as Harold Jackson

Timothy Spall
as Terry Donaldson

Sally Hawkins
as Marylin

Juliet Stevenson
as Lucinda

Craig Parkinson
as Neil

Anastasia Hille
as Journalist

Meera Syal
as Pushpa Patel

Tim Seyfi
as Simon

Anna Hilgedieck
as Girl in Shower

Nigel Betts
as Home Office Detective

Liya Kebede
as Waris Dirie

Soraya Omar-Scego
as Young Waris

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7.6/ 10

494 TMDB votes

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Release date: 2009-09-24

Revenue: $14,682,943

Runtime: 2h 0m

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Drama

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