Desert Flower (2009)
The real Waris Dirie: One in 6000 daily victims of an atrocity few know about
Just when you think you've heard and seen about every thinkable gruesome atrocity thinkable committed by mankind against their own, you're ready to have another surprise coming.
What makes all the difference in the world between making "Desert Flower," apparently a relatively unknown German production, either pathetic or a revelation, is the fact that it's a true story.
With the latter being the case, the "entertainment value" might hit rock bottom - since reality quite often simply stinks - and instead, the education value goes up.
We become involuntary victims of information we probably would have preferred to live without, but once you've heard it, you can't ignore it, and you're richer by a few facts, whether you like it or not.
"Desert Rose" is a woman's story of the kind that makes you realize just how developed, emancipated and enlightened our world really is on a general scale, if what happened at the age of 3 to Waris Dirie, the Somalian star model who tells the story still is a reality for 6000 girls like her every day...
Recommendations: The Matrix , Fratello sole, sorella luna , The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John
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Last updated: 2010-04-11 03:27:50 by McDozer
