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Desert Flower(2009)
Status: Released
Date: 2009-09-24
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471 Votes
Time: 2h 0m
The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
Overview:
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.
Languages: French, Somali, English.
Countries:
Austria,
Germany,
France
Revenue: $14,682,943.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Desert Flower
Majestic Filmproduktion
MTM West Television & Film
Movie: Desert Flower
Top 10 Billed 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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