Desert Flower

Directed by Sherry Hormann
2009    2h    R
Drama, Biography
7.350%72%
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Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model. Then, in 1997 she speaks up against female genital mutilation.
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Cast of Desert Flower
  • Liya KebedeWaris Dirie
  • Sally HawkinsMarylin
  • Craig ParkinsonNeil
  • Meera SyalPushpa Patel
  • Anthony MackieHarold Jackson
  • Juliet StevensonLucinda
  • Timothy SpallTerry Donaldson
  • Lucrezia PhantaziaGirl in Boardinghouse
  • Soraya Omar-ScegoYoung Waris
  • Anna HilgedieckGirl in Shower
  • Matthew Alexander KaufmanFastfood Manager
  • Prashant PrabhakarKami
  • Tim SeyfiSimon
  • Teresa ChurcherNurse Anne
  • William de CoverlyDoctor
  • Nick RaioTruck Driver New York
  • Anastasia HilleJournalist
  • Safa Idriss NourLittle Waris
  • Nigel BettsHome Office Detective
  • Eckart FrizSpike
  • Michele ThevenetMake Up Artist
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