Desert Flower (film)
2009 German film
- 5 September 2009 (2009-09-05) (Venice Film Festival)
- 24 September 2009 (2009-09-24) (Germany)
Running time
Somali
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
The film follows the 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 as Waris Dirie
- Sally Hawkins as Marylin
- Craig Parkinson as Neil
- Meera Syal as Pushpa Patel
- Anthony Mackie as Harold Jackson
- Juliet Stevenson as Lucinda
- Timothy Spall as Terry Donaldson
- Soraya Omar-Scego as Waris aged 12
- Teresa Churcher as Nurse Anne
- Eckart Friz as Spike
- Prashant Prabhakar as Kami
- Anna Hilgedieck as Tilda
- Matt Kaufman as Burger Bar Manager
- Emma Kay as Immigration officer
- Elli as European Man
- Nick Raio as Truck Driver
- Robert Robalino as Cafe owner
- Chris Wilson as Embassy Official
- Safa Idriss Nour as Little Waris
Production
Asked about the scene where Waris Dirie really struggles with a nude photo shoot, Liya Kebede said, "Being nude really is a problem for me, so it was actually the easiest scene for me to shoot. I definitely identified with how she was feeling."[6]
Awards
- Festival de San Sebastián 2009
References
In-line references
- ^ WÜSTENBLUME - Credits Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine ftvdb.bfi.org.uk, Retrieved 16 April 2019
- ^ "Smita Bhide - Writer/Director" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ Peter Herrmann (film producer) at IMDb
Retrieved 16 April 2019 - ^ Desert Flower Statistics, boxofficemojo.com, Retrieved 16 April 2019
- ^ a b "BFI | Film & TV Database | WÜSTENBLUME (2008)". BFI. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ^ "Desert Flower/ Liya Kebede Interview". www.blackfilm.com. 16 March 2011. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
Related links
Our goals: Waris Dirie Manifesto, desertflowerfoundation.org
External links
- African Film Festival of Cordoba-FCAT (license CC BY-SA-3.0)
- Desert Flower at IMDb
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- Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2019
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- Activists against female genital mutilation
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