Desert flower

Subject: Besnijdenis ; vrouwen, Somalië ; 1945-, Dirie, Waris

Rating: 12 years and up Angst Discriminatie Geweld

Title: Desert flower

Director: Sherry Hormann

Based on the work of: Waris Dirie

Composer: Martin Todsharow

Actor: Liya Kebede Sally Hawkins

Language: English

Publisher: Cinéart, [2011]
1 dvd-video

Recording date: 2009

Playing time: 124 min.

Note: Taalkeuze: Engels, Frans Ondertiteling: Nederlands, Frans

EAN: 5414939062087 5414939159091

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About Sherry Hormann

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Sherry Hormann (born 20 April 1960) is a German-American film director. Hormann is best known for her movies Guys and Balls (2004), Desert Flower (2009) and 3096 (2013).

Hormann was born in the United States, but moved to Germany in 1966, when she was six years old. She attended the Munich Academy for Television and Film (HFF) and mainly works in German cinema.

She was married to film director Dominik Graf. In October 2011, she married cinematographer Michael Ballhaus; he died in April 2017.

Selected filmography

1994: Frauen sind was Wunderbares
1996: Father's Day
1998: Widows – Erst die Ehe, dann das Vergnügen
1998: Denk ich an Deutschland … – Angst spür’ ich, wo kein Herz ist (TV documentary series episode)
2001: Private Lies (TV film)
2002: My Daughter's Tears (TV film)
2004: Guys and Balls