
“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.
Release Date: 9/24/2009
Runtime: 120 minutes
Languages: French, Somali, English
Director: Sherry Hormann
0Revenue: $14.7M
Companies: Backup Media, Desert Flower, Majestic Filmproduktion, MTM West Television & Film, Dor Film, Bac Films
Countries: Austria, Germany, France

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
2001