Desert Flower (film)

Desert Flower
Directed by	Sherry Hormann
Produced by	Peter Herrmann,^[1] Desert Flower Filmproductions, Dor Film Majestic Filmproduktion BSI International Invest Bac Films
Written by	Waris Dirie (book) Sherry Hormann Smita Bhide
Screenplay by	Sherry Hormann (screenwriter)^[2] Smita Bhide (script revision)^[3]
Starring	Liya Kebede Sally Hawkins Craig Parkinson
Music by	Martin Todsharow
Cinematography	Ken Kelsch
Edited by	Clara Fabry
Release date	5 September 2009 (2009-09-05) (Venice Film Festival) 24 September 2009 (2009-09-24) (Germany)
Running time	124 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	English Somali
Box office	$14,631,377^[4]

Desert Flower is a 2009 German biographical film directed by Sherry Hormann. It stars Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson, and is based on the Somali-born model Waris Dirie's autobiography.^[5]

Plot

Journey of Waris Dirie (played by Liya Kebede) from a nomadic pastoralist background in Somalia to a new life and career in the West as a fashion model and activist against female genital mutilation.^[5]

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
Soraya Omar-Scego - Waris aged 12
Teresa Churcher - Nurse Anne
Eckart Friz - Spike
Prashant Prabhakar - Kami
Anna Hilgedieck - Tilda
Matt Kaufman - Burger Bar Manager
Emma Kay - Immigration officer
Elli - European Man
Nick Raio - Truck Driver
Robert Robalino - Cafe owner
Chris Wilson - Embassy Official

Awards

Festival de San Sebastián 2009

References

↑ Peter Herrmann (film producer) on IMDb
↑ WÜSTENBLUME - Credits
↑ "Smita Bhide - Writer/Director" (PDF). Retrieved 28 June 2012.
↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=desertflower.htm
1 2 "BFI | Film & TV Database | WÜSTENBLUME (2008)". BFI. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2012-02-20.

External links

African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA)
Desert Flower on IMDb

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