Desert Flower

2009 · 2h00 · Film

Directed by Sherry Hormann

Starring Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Lucrezia Phantazia, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anna Hilgedieck

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Exhausted

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Waris Dirie, Smita Bhide, Sherry Hormann

Cinematography

Ken Kelsch

Cast

Meera Syal, Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Lucrezia Phantazia, Soraya Omar-Scego, Anna Hilgedieck, Matthew Alexander Kaufman, Prashant Prabhakar

Updated July 22, 2026

Trailer

How to watch