Desert Flower

2h
Drama
7.5

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

Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
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
Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris
Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower
Matthew Alexander Kaufman
Fastfood Manager
Prashant Prabhakar
Kami
Tim Seyfi
Simon
Teresa Churcher
Nurse Anne
William de Coverly
Doctor
Nick Raio
Truck Driver New York
Anastasia Hille
Journalist
Safa Idriss Nour
Little Waris
Nigel Betts
Home Office Detective
Eckart Friz
Spike
Michele Thevenet
Make Up Artist
Emma Kay
Immigration Officer

Crew

Sherry Hormann
Director, Scenario Writer
Waris Dirie
Scenario Writer, Novel
Smita Bhide
Co-Writer, Script Editor
Ken Kelsch
Director of Photography
Maan Youssouf Ahmed
Production Assistant
Jamie Leonard
Production Design
Martin Todsharow
Music

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