Desert Flower 2009 Watch Free in HD

The autobiography of a Somalian nomad circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to work in London, where a photographer (Timothy Spall) and an agent (Juliet Stevenson) turn her into a top supermodel.

Genre:

Drama, Biography

Actors:

Soraya Omar-Scego, Idriss Abdillahi Houfaneh, Awa Saïd Darar, Roun Daher Aïnan, Osman Aden Dalieg, Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins, Meera Syal, Anna Hilgedieck, Lucrezia Phantazia, Craig Parkinson, ...»

Director:

Sherry Hormann

Country:

Euro, United Kingdom, France

Release:

2009

IMDb:

7.3

Quality:

Duration:

120 min

New York Observer

Waris Dirie is an inspiration, inside and out, and so is this movie.

March 23, 2011

Slant Magazine

The film's unabashed willingness to go from bleak topical piece on genital mutilation to guilty-pleasure glamour can be disconcerting.

March 20, 2011

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Film Journal International

This inspiring story of a nomad-turned-model is executed in the style of a made-for-TV movie.

August 15, 2011

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Chicago Sun-Times

It has a compelling message and surrounds it with biopic scenes that appear to be brought in from a different kind of movie. The effect is rather unsettling.

March 31, 2011

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Boxoffice Magazine

A gripping, if uneven, cinematic journey.

March 22, 2011

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New York Post

Good idea, mediocre presentation.

March 18, 2011

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Oregonian

Waris' saga is one that needs to be told, but this well-meaning dramatization might have had more power if it were a documentary.

March 31, 2011

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NPR

The broad comedy clashes with the movie's final message.

March 18, 2011

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New York Times

"Desert Flower," a well-made film that depicts the remarkable life of the model Waris Dirie, manages to be both a classic feel-good story and about as far from a feel-good story as you can get.

March 18, 2011

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Back Stage

A stirring story that mixes personal horror, courage and eventually triumph.

March 18, 2011

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Common Sense Media

Mature biopic has moving drama but lacks coherence.

April 11, 2011

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Seattle Times

Written and directed by German filmmaker Sherry Hormann, it works as well as it does because of the performances she's drawn from a solid cast.

March 31, 2011

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