...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!
Desert Flower
- 88 statements
- 16 feature instances
- 1 referencing feature instances
| Desert Flower | type |
TVTItem | |
| Desert Flower | label |
Desert Flower | |
| Desert Flower | page |
DesertFlower | |
| Desert Flower | comment |
Desert Flower is a 2009 film based upon the former Somali-born top model and human-rights activist Waris Dirie's bestselling autobiography of the same name.The film shows Waris' escape from the African desert to London, where she becomes a successful fashion model, and her activism against female circumcision. | |
| Desert Flower | fetched |
2024-02-24T20:44:57Z | |
| Desert Flower | parsed |
2024-02-24T20:44:57Z | |
| Desert Flower | isPartOf |
DBTropes | |
| Desert Flower / int_117c6f30 | type |
Old Man Marrying a Child | |
| Desert Flower / int_117c6f30 | comment |
Old Man Marrying a Child: As a young teenager, Waris is sold to an old man who already has three wives but before this trope happens, she walks for days until she gets to Mogadishu. | |
| Desert Flower / int_117c6f30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_117c6f30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_117c6f30 | |
| Desert Flower / int_21cf9301 | type |
Family of Choice | |
| Desert Flower / int_21cf9301 | comment |
Family of Choice: Waris and Marilyn always support each other and come to see each other as sisters. | |
| Desert Flower / int_21cf9301 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_21cf9301 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_21cf9301 | |
| Desert Flower / int_60426489 | type |
Citizenship Marriage | |
| Desert Flower / int_60426489 | comment |
Citizenship Marriage: Waris marries Neil to avoid deportation back to Somalia. | |
| Desert Flower / int_60426489 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_60426489 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_60426489 | |
| Desert Flower / int_80621707 | type |
Arranged Marriage | |
| Desert Flower / int_80621707 | comment |
Arranged Marriage: Waris' parents arrange her one with a man old enough to be his grandfather. She flees to Mogadishu and eventually, to London to avoid this fate. | |
| Desert Flower / int_80621707 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_80621707 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_80621707 | |
| Desert Flower / int_863c780a | type |
Hopeless Suitor | |
| Desert Flower / int_863c780a | comment |
Hopeless Suitor: Neil, 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. She ends up divorcing him when she finally becomes a permanent resident in the United Kingdom. | |
| Desert Flower / int_863c780a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_863c780a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_863c780a | |
| Desert Flower / int_87d70f73 | type |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl | |
| Desert Flower / int_87d70f73 | comment |
Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Waris, while posing for the Pirelli calendar. Terry manages to make her more comfortable doing the shooting, though. | |
| Desert Flower / int_87d70f73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_87d70f73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_87d70f73 | |
| Desert Flower / int_895ec17 | type |
Only in It for the Money | |
| Desert Flower / int_895ec17 | comment |
Only in It for the Money: Discussed. When Lucinda asks Waris why does she want to become a model, she warns her that she better not be doing it for the money, because women that become rich and famous working as models are the exception, not the rule. Waris simply answers that being a model seems better than being a cleaning lady. | |
| Desert Flower / int_895ec17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_895ec17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_895ec17 | |
| Desert Flower / int_a90fff3 | type |
Based on a True Story | |
| Desert Flower / int_a90fff3 | comment |
Based on a True Story: It's Dirie's autobiography, with a few names changed. | |
| Desert Flower / int_a90fff3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_a90fff3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_a90fff3 | |
| Desert Flower / int_ad94c7a0 | type |
Scars are Forever | |
| Desert Flower / int_ad94c7a0 | comment |
Scars are Forever: Waris still has scars on her feet from having to walk in the desert barefoot for days many years after it happened. | |
| Desert Flower / int_ad94c7a0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_ad94c7a0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_ad94c7a0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_bf74d357 | type |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife | |
| Desert Flower / int_bf74d357 | comment |
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Neil, that is rather plain looking, with the conventionally attractive supermodel Waris. Subverted because this is a Citizenship Marriage that ends when Waris becomes a permanent resident of the United Kingdom. | |
| Desert Flower / int_bf74d357 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Desert Flower / int_bf74d357 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_bf74d357 | |
| Desert Flower / int_c772e7c5 | type |
Rags to Riches | |
| Desert Flower / int_c772e7c5 | comment |
Rags to Riches: Waris literally goes from cleaning lady to top model. | |
| Desert Flower / int_c772e7c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_c772e7c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_c772e7c5 | |
| Desert Flower / int_d8e0e9f7 | type |
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You | |
| Desert Flower / int_d8e0e9f7 | comment |
Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: This 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. It's implied that the reason why she doesn't chase after her is because she knows she could have a better life in Mogadishu than married with a man that is old enough to be Waris' grandfather. | |
| Desert Flower / int_d8e0e9f7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_d8e0e9f7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_d8e0e9f7 | |
| Desert Flower / int_eaf5a1ac | type |
Groin Attack | |
| Desert Flower / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: Waris is subjected to the most radical form of female genital mutilation. | |
| Desert Flower / int_eaf5a1ac | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_eaf5a1ac | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_eaf5a1ac | |
| Desert Flower / int_eb8ec7c8 | type |
Jerkass | |
| Desert Flower / int_eb8ec7c8 | comment |
Jerkass: The Somali male nurse that purposefully jeopardizes the communication between Waris and the doctor that she sees when she suffers from pain caused by the genital mutilation she was subjected to, and tells Waris that by undergoing a procedure to undo the infibulation she'll be betraying her roots. | |
| Desert Flower / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_eb8ec7c8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_eb8ec7c8 | |
| Desert Flower / int_f85354eb | type |
Attempted Rape | |
| Desert Flower / int_f85354eb | comment |
Attempted Rape: When a 13 years old Waris manages to get someone to drive her to Mogadishu, she's almost raped by an older man. Waris avoids this by hitting the man's head with a rock. | |
| Desert Flower / int_f85354eb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_f85354eb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_f85354eb | |
| Desert Flower / int_name | type |
ItemName | |
| Desert Flower / int_name | comment |
||
| Desert Flower / int_name | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower / int_name | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Desert Flower / int_name | |
| Desert Flower / int_name | itemName |
Desert Flower |
The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.
| Desert Flower | hasFeature |
Citizenship Marriage / int_2b386b4a |
Copyright of DBTropes.org wrapper 2009-2013 DFKI Knowledge Management. Imprint. - Thanks to Bakken&Baeck for hosting. Contact.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright of data TVTropes.org contributors under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.