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Desert Flower
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Desert Flower is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Sherry Hormann. The cast includes Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, and Anthony Mackie. The screenplay is based on the work of Waris Dirie. Filming took place in Cologne, and the narrative is set in London. The production involves companies such as Backup Media, Majestic Filmproduktion, and Dor Film.
The film originates from France, Germany, Austria, and the United Kingdom, with English and French as original languages. It has a runtime of 120 minutes and was released on September 24, 2009. Distribution includes video on demand via Netflix. The movie features music by composer Martin Todsharow.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores are listed as 6.2 out of 10, 54 out of 100, and 50 percent. The film is categorized under genres including biography and drama. Keywords associated with the work include Africa, wilderness, and supermodel.
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7.6The 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.
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
Themes
- based on novel or book
- africa
- wilderness
- supermodel
- somalia
- based on true story
- vagabond
- united nations
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Author
- Waris Dirie
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- French
- Based on
- Desert Flower
- Director
- Sherry Hormann
- Screenwriter
- Sherry Hormann
- Cast member
- Prashant Prabhakar
- Composer
- Martin Todsharow
- Narrative location
- London
- Filming location
- Cologne
- Duration
- 121
- FilmAffinity ID
- 588712
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.espace-sarou.co.jp/desert
Show 8 more facts
- publication date
- 2009-00-00
- title
- Desert Flower
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- different from
- Desert Flower
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- after a work by
- Waris Dirie
- review score
- 50%
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