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Desert Flower (2009)

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Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at 13 when sold as 4th wife. She's maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then McDonald's, where she's discovered and becomes int'l top model. 1997, she speaks up against female genital mutilation.

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  • Sherry Hormann and Sally Hawkins in Desert Flower (2009)
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  • Liya Kebede in Desert Flower (2009)
  • Sally Hawkins in Desert Flower (2009)
  • Liya Kebede in Desert Flower (2009)

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3 wins & 2 nominations.

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26 July 2018 | muvi-fan-73
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| Terrible practice that needs to be rooted out!
It was not long before when I first came to know about circumcision, but it was only for males. The information came along with the news that it has some sort of positive effect. To put my view, I would say it's not so. It was after that came a day when I came across movie Desert Flower. I got to know about the terrible practice of female genital mutilation. Both the sexes miss onto something nature has given them in such practice. What's more evil is there are the cases where subject bleeds to death. It is terrible.

Desert flower is a movie of a woman, in Somalia who becomes victim to the practice of FGM. She however changes her fate and becomes a supermodel and even UN special ambassador

At the end however, we receive data how those practices are made illegal and human beings living in those area are getting together towards a better future.

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Trivia

The first project of the Waris Dirie Foundation, now called the Desert Flower Foundation, was preventing Safa, the small girl in the fgm scene from becoming a real life victim of this cruel ritual. The sponsorship program they developed was so successful that it quickly expanded and now saves hundreds of children each year.

Goofs

Lucinda (from the modeling agency) says to Waris she would be without broadband in Africa. Broadband didn't exist in the early to mid 80s when this story took place.

Soundtracks

Let's Stick Together
Music and Lyrics by Peter Hoppe and Bernd Batke
Performed by Slackwax feat. Anna Leyne
© Published by Modern Soul and Universal Publishing

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Plot Summary

Genres

Biography | Drama

Details

Release Date:

24 September 2009

Language

English, Somali, French

Country of Origin

UK, Germany, Austria, France

Filming Locations

Germany

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,657 20 March 2011

Gross USA:

$44,348

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,631,377

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