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Desert Flower

2009Movie2 h 7 min

Drama
63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.6/5Metacritic547.9Rotten Tomatoes50%72%
63
DecentGoodWatch score
IMDb7.3Letterboxd3.6/5Metacritic547.9Rotten Tomatoes50%72%

Summary

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.

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  • Friends night
  • Teens
  • Drop-in friendly

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  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you care deeply.
  • Breaks your heart.
  • Hits close to home.

Not for laughs, scares or comfort.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

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Tropes

Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning Youin 200 titlesThis trope gets played with. Waris' mother is shown to be awake when Waris runs away into the desert and seems to be aware that her daughter is running away.Hopeless Suitorin 265 titlesNeil, to Waris. While they are in a fake marriage to avoid Waris' deportation to Somalia, he hopes she will fall in love with him for real, but it never happens.All 15 tropes

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