Desert Flower
2009 · 120 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 14,749 VOTES · DIR. Sherry Hormann
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 80 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:03 DESERT FLOWER
00:02:34 Mom says, we have to move on.
00:04:38 Waris, I don't want anything to separate us.
00:38:49 Aren't you ashamed? Showing this white man your body.
00:39:10 your people and your heritage.
00:40:27 you are a woman now!
00:40:54 Waris, this is Galool Mohammed.
00:41:21 to be his fourth wife.
00:42:05 Galool Mohammed paid a lot for you. You can't say no.
00:43:19 No! They need you here, little brother!
00:47:46 Mogadishu?
00:48:25 Mommy!
00:49:58 Mother, see what comes of living with goats and sheep!
00:50:12 She blamed our family! - Enough! Go back to work!
00:50:33 Grandma, why have we never seen you?
00:50:49 I wonder if it made her happy. All that pain must be worth something.
01:09:43 Your father will never forgive you. But you can't stay with us.
01:10:02 She is looking for a maid.
01:10:16 Don't come back.
01:10:55 It tells people who you are. Without it you are no one.
01:17:08 There is a Coup d'Etat in Somalia! The president is deposed.
02:00:46 1 30 million girls and women are affected worldwide.
02:00:57 Waris Dirie was the first woman to publicly discuss Female Genital Mutilation
02:01:16 Since then, Female Genital Mutilation has been officially forbidden in many countries.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed80
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line02:01:16
Production Record
DirectorSherry Hormann
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$14,682,943
IMDb votes14,749