THE EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO CROSSED THE DESERT AND CHANGED THE WORLD.
The 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.
Ratings
3.5
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
Lucrezia Phantazia
Girl in Boardinghouse
Soraya Omar-Scego
Young Waris
Anna Hilgedieck
Girl in Shower
Matthew Alexander Kaufman
Fastfood Manager
Prashant Prabhakar
Kami
Tim Seyfi
Simon
Teresa Churcher
Nurse Anne
William de Coverly
Doctor
Nick Raio
Truck Driver New York
Anastasia Hille
Journalist
Safa Idriss Nour
Little Waris
Nigel Betts
Home Office Detective
Eckart Friz
Spike
Michele Thevenet
Make Up Artist
Emma Kay
Immigration Officer
Crew
Director
Co-Writer
Scenario Writer
Production Assistant
Music
Production Design
Novel
Script Editor
Director of Photography
Details
Release Date
2009-09-24
Runtime
120 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
French
Somali
Production Companies
Backup Media
Desert Flower
Majestic Filmproduktion
MTM West Television & Film
Torus
Countries
Austria
Germany
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama