Desert Flower

2009 · Directed by Sherry Hormann

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.

Cast: Anthony Mackie, Sally Hawkins, Timothy Spall, Craig Parkinson, Meera Syal, Juliet Stevenson, Anastasia Hille, Nigel Betts, Soraya Omar-Scego, Teresa Churcher

Rating: 7.499/10 from 341 votes