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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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

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