SummaryWhen, at the age of 13, Waris Dirie discovers that her father has decided to marry her off as the fourth wife to a considerable older man, the young girl realizes that she has no choice but to flee. In the middle of the night, she steal s away from the desert camp of her nomadic family and makes her way through rocky Somali desert to Mogadishu, ... Read More
Directed By:Sherry Hormann
Written By:Waris Dirie, Sherry Hormann, Cathleen Miller, Wüstenblume
Desert Flower
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Mixed or Average
54
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Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
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14% Positive
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Mar 31, 2011
63
Desert Flower tells a rags-to-riches story, but it plays like two stories in conflict. Everything involving Waris in Africa or in London before her success feels true and heartfelt. Many later details are badly handled.
Mar 18, 2011
60
The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message: that 6,000 girls face genital mutilation every day.
Mar 17, 2011
60
A lovely performance by Ethiopian supermodel-actress Liya Kebede as supermodel-activist Waris Dirie works wonders to elevate this uneven, occasionally awkward but often absorbing film.
Mar 15, 2011
60
Luckily, her cast makes up for the lapses, and Kebede is especially effective at showing how triumph over culturally sanctioned brutality remains a tentative prospect at best.
Mar 15, 2011
40
More earnest than agile, the whole thing smacks of heavy-handed authorial jiggering-never mind that it's based on a true story.
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Generally Favorable
87% Positive
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Feb 17, 2022
10
Самый объективный из объективных шедевральный шедевров в моей кроваво-бароновой жизни.
Jun 26, 2011
10
The movie is awesome. It has everything: drama, women rights and a women who fights to be diferent! The actress is doing her roll exelent. She plays Waris Dirie with a loot emotion and with her heart!
Production Company:
- Desert Flower Filmproductions
- Majestic Filmproduktion
- MTM West Television & Film
- Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft
- Desert Flower
- ARD Degeto Film
- Bac Films
- Backup Media
- BSI International Invest
- Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
- Mr. Brown Entertainment
- Torus GmbH
Release Date:Mar 18, 2011
Duration:2 h
Rating:R
Tagline:The extraordinary true story of the woman who crossed the desert and changed the world.
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Bavarian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Rooster Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
