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Desert Flower

Year:
Duration:
USA:120 min | Germany:120 min
Genres:
Biography | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Sherry Hormann
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 2009-09-24
Filming Locations: Berlin, Germany
Earnings
Opening Weekend: $7,657 (USA) (20 March 2011)
Gross: $44,348 (USA) (1 May 2011)
Cast
Actor
Character
Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris
Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh
Old Man
Awa Saïd Darar
Amina
Roun Daher Aïnan
Waris' Mother
Osman Aden Dalieg
Waris' Father
Liya Kebede
Waris Dirie
Sally Hawkins
Marylin
Meera Syal
Pushpa Patel
Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower
Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse
Craig Parkinson
Neil
Matthew Kaufman
Fastfood Manager (as Matt Kaufman)
Timothy Spall
Terry Donaldson
Prashant Prabhakar
Kami
Anthony Mackie
Harold Jackson
Tim Seyfi
Simon
Teresa Churcher
Nurse Anne
William de Coverly
Doctor
Mahamed Mohamoud Egueh
Amal
Daher Obsieh Aouled
Mister Galool
Mohamed Abdi Dahler
Truck Driver
Mardilla Saíd Djama
Waris' Grandmother
Fardouza Moussa Egueh
Aunt Aisha
Eckart Friz
Spike
Michele Thevenet
Make Up Artist
Juliet Stevenson
Lucinda
Matthias Ransberger
Casting Assistant
Eric Carter
Photographer
Kaltoun Hassan
Aunt Marium
Addo Sabrie
Ambassador
Emma Kay
Immigration Officer
Nigel Betts
Home Office Detective
Melanie Roberson
Room Mate
Anastasia Hille
Journalist
Safa Idriss Nour
Little Waris
Dahabo Ali Kidar
Midgaan
Robert Robalino
Cafe Owner
Nick Raio
Truck Driver New York
James Allan
Model Agent's Assistant
Gavin Blackburn
Photographer's Assistant
Elli
European Man (uncredited)
Grace Meurisse Francis
Chav (uncredited)
Chris Wilson
Embassy Official (uncredited)
Andrew Yiallouros
Supporting Artist (uncredited)
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Trivia
The first project of the Waris Dirie Foundation, now called the Desert Flower Foundation, was preventing Safa, the small girl in the fgm scene from becoming a real life victim of this cruel ritual. The sponsorship program they developed was so successful that it quickly expanded and now saves hundreds of children each year.
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The real Waris Dirie had a small role in the James Bond film The Living Daylights.
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Goofs
Lucinda (from the modeling agency) says to Waris she would be without broadband in Africa. Broadband didn't exist in the early to mid 80s when this story took place.
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