Desert Flower

Genre: Biography

Worldwide gross$14.7M

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.

🏆 4 wins & 3 nominations

Genres

Biography, Drama

Director

Sherry Hormann

Cast

Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar

Released

24 September 2009

Runtime

2h

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.3 / 10

Votes

14,811

Metascore

54

Rotten Tomatoes

50

Box office

44348

Edition

Base