Desert Flower

Name: Desert Flower
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: March 18, 2011
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 54

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DESERT FLOWER

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National Geographic Entertainment | Release Date: March 18, 2011

Summary: When, 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 toWhen, 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, where she finds her aunt and grandmother in the chaotic bustle of the Somali Capital. (National Geographic Entertainment)… Expand

Director: Sherry Horman

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 120 min

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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

Mar 31, 2011

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. Read full review

Village Voice - Mark Holcomb

Mar 15, 2011

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. Read full review

Los Angeles Times - Gary Goldstein

Mar 17, 2011

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. Read full review

NPR - Mark Jenkins

Mar 18, 2011

The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message: that 6,000 girls face genital mutilation every day. Read full review

Boxoffice Magazine - Richard Mowe

Mar 21, 2011

The film proves a gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey. Read full review

New York Post - V.A. Musetto

Mar 18, 2011

Suffers from a lack of focus and a sitcom script. Read full review

Time Out - Andrew Schenker

Mar 15, 2011

More earnest than agile, the whole thing smacks of heavy-handed authorial jiggering-never mind that it's based on a true story. Read full review

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Jun 26, 2011

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!

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