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In A World Far From Home, A 'Desert Flower' Blooms - NPR!
‘Desert Flower’: A harrowing tradition and a Somalian’s journey to a new life
“Desert Flower” feels like four movies rolled into one — a fact-based rags-to riches story; a “Devil Wears Prada”-style satire of the fashion industry; a modern romantic fairy tale; and a message movie about the horrors of female circumcision.
The most entertaining episode is the satire, thanks to Juliet Stevenson and Timothy Spall, as London professionals who discover the modeling potential of a beautiful Somalian child, Waris Dirie.
Stevenson is hilariously strident, Spall is much more subtle, and they’re equally effective.
Somewhere in- between is Sally Hawkins as Dirie’s spirited sidekick.
Easily the most powerful episodes deal with female mutilation. Without becoming unbearably graphic, the filmmakers suggest rather than show the botched removal of Dirie’s genitalia at the age of 3.
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