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
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00:01:03 DESERT FLOWER
00:02:36 Her name is Fattuma. - You can't call a sheep like Allah's daughter.
00:05:28 LONDON, YEARS LATER
00:39:06 If you change what you are, then you are betraying your parents
00:40:23 Good, it means
00:40:54 Waris, this is Galool Mohammed.
00:41:21 to be his fourth wife.
00:43:07 Where are you going? - To grandmother.
00:43:26 and then I come back to get you!
00:48:20 Shut up!
00:49:08 Over there.
00:50:12 She blamed our family! - Enough! Go back to work!
00:50:33 Grandma, why have we never seen you?
01:09:31 Your father beats your mother, because she let you go.
01:09:56 Marium, a sister of your mother
01:10:12 There will be war in Somalia. In Europe you are safe.
01:10:51 Here is your passport.
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.
02:01:01 and succeded at drawing attention to the issue.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed80
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line02:01:01
Production Record
DirectorSherry Hormann
LanguageEnglish
Revenue$14,682,943
IMDb votes14,749