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Desert Flower
Description
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.
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.
Actors:
Tim Seyfi,
Mahamed Mohamoud Egueh,
Teresa Churcher,
Safa Idriss Nour,
Fardouza Moussa Egueh,
Anthony Mackie,
Elli
Tim Seyfi
10 August 1971, Yildizeli, Sivas, Turkey
Mahamed Mohamoud Egueh
Teresa Churcher
Safa Idriss Nour
Fardouza Moussa Egueh
Anthony Mackie
23 September 1978, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Elli
Country:
Euro, United Kingdom, France
Keywords:
#Awa Saïd Darar #Desert Flower #Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh #Sherry Hormann #Soraya Omar-Scego
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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.
April 11, 2011
Mature biopic has moving drama but lacks coherence.
New York Observer
March 23, 2011
Waris Dirie is an inspiration, inside and out, and so is this movie.
March 18, 2011
A stirring story that mixes personal horror, courage and eventually triumph.
March 18, 2011
The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message.
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 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.
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.
March 22, 2011
A gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey.
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
Good idea, mediocre presentation.

