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2009
  • Drama

Desert Flower

The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
Runtime
2h
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Countries
  • AT
  • Austria
  • DE
  • Germany
  • GB
  • United Kingdom
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Languages
  • en
  • fr
  • so
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.

Crew
Sherry Hormann
Director
Waris Dirie
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Cast
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins
Marylin
Craig Parkinson
Neil
Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel
Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson
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  • Status
    Released
  • Release date
    Sept. 24, 2009
  • Original Language
    English
  • Revenue
    $ 14,682,943
  • Web
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  • Production Companies
    • Backup Media
    • Desert Flower
    • Torus

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