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Desert Flower

2009·2h ·R
DramaBiography
IMDb Rating
★ 7.3/10
15,471 votes
Metascore
54
Metacritic

Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model.

Desert Flower is a 2009 drama biography movie directed by Sherry Hormann, starring Soraya Omar-Scego, Roun Daher Aïnan, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.3/10 from 15,471 votes and runs 2h .

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Director
Sherry Hormann
Stars
Soraya Omar-Scego
Roun Daher Aïnan
Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh
Awa Saïd Darar
Details
2009-09-24
120 min
Movie
R
★ United Kingdom, Austria, France, Germany
★ English, French, Somali
Keywords
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