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Desert Flower
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The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to work in London, where a photographer (Timothy Spall) and an agent (Juliet Stevenson) turn her into a top supermodel. Â
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to work in London, where a photographer (Timothy Spall) and an agent (Juliet Stevenson) turn her into a top supermodel. Â
Actors:
Dahabo Ali Kidar,
Craig Parkinson,
Nick Raio,
William de Coverly,
Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh,
Mohamed Abdi Dahler,
Tim Seyfi,
Kaltoun Hassan,
Prashant Prabhakar,
Daher Obsieh Aouled,
Michele Thevenet,
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Dahabo Ali Kidar
Craig Parkinson
11 March 1976, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Nick Raio
William de Coverly
Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh
Mohamed Abdi Dahler
Tim Seyfi
10 August 1971, Yildizeli, Sivas, Turkey
Kaltoun Hassan
Prashant Prabhakar
13 October 1974, India
Daher Obsieh Aouled
Michele Thevenet
Director:
Sherry Hormann
Sherry Hormann
20 April 1960, Kingston, New York, USA
Country:
Euro, United Kingdom, France
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March 20, 2011
The film's unabashed willingness to go from bleak topical piece on genital mutilation to guilty-pleasure glamour can be disconcerting.
March 31, 2011
It has a compelling message and surrounds it with biopic scenes that appear to be brought in from a different kind of movie. The effect is rather unsettling.
March 18, 2011
A stirring story that mixes personal horror, courage and eventually triumph.
March 18, 2011
Good idea, mediocre presentation.
March 22, 2011
A gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey.
August 15, 2011
This inspiring story of a nomad-turned-model is executed in the style of a made-for-TV movie.
Seattle Times
March 31, 2011
Written and directed by German filmmaker Sherry Hormann, it works as well as it does because of the performances she's drawn from a solid cast.
March 18, 2011
The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message.
March 31, 2011
Waris' saga is one that needs to be told, but this well-meaning dramatization might have had more power if it were a documentary.
New York Observer
March 23, 2011
Waris Dirie is an inspiration, inside and out, and so is this movie.
April 11, 2011
Mature biopic has moving drama but lacks coherence.
March 18, 2011
"Desert Flower," a well-made film that depicts the remarkable life of the model Waris Dirie, manages to be both a classic feel-good story and about as far from a feel-good story as you can get.

