Desert Flower (2009)

Synopsis

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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Where to watch

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Streaming availability via JustWatch

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

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• Into the Wild
• Hotel Rwanda
• Erin Brockovich
• Women Talking
• Before I Fall
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
• Werckmeister Harmonies