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Desert Flower is a Allemand film of genre Drama released in USA on 9 october 2009 with Liya Kebede
Desert Flower (2009)
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Add to a movie listDesert 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.
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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 circumcision.Actors
Liya Kebede
(Waris Dirie)
Sally Hawkins
(Marylin)
Craig Parkinson
(Neil)
Meera Syal
(Pushpa Patel)
Anthony Mackie
(Harold Jackson)
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