Timbuktu

2014·Movie

1h 36min

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About

A song for freedom.

Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.

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Genres: Religious Drama Political Drama Historical Drama
Mood: MelancholicPoignantHauntingUnsettlingBleakContemplativeSerious
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
The Human ConditionIdentity CrisisLove And FaithMoral DilemmasCultural ConflictExtremism
Plot: Click below to reveal spoilers
Cultural ClashReligious PersecutionResistanceIdentity LossForbidden RomanceJustice And InjusticeForeign Occupation
Time: Modern TimesContemporary2010s
Place: North African VillageDesert Landscape
Cinematic Style: Documentary StyleLong TakesHandheld Camera WorkMinimalist SetsNatural LightingWide Shots
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate CostumesReligious AttireVillage Setting

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Crew

Directed by:

Abderrahmane Sissako, Sofian El Fani

Written by:

Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall

Produced by:

Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Sylvie Pialat, Étienne Comar

Cast

Ibrahim Ahmed

Kidane

Toulou Kiki

Satima

Abel Jafri

Abdelkrim

Kettly Noël

Zabou

Hichem Yacoubi

Jihadist

Mehdi A.G. Mohamed

Issan

Fatoumata Diawara

Singer

Adel Mahmoud Cherif

The Imam

Salem Dendou

Jihadist leader

Zikra Oualet Moussa

Tina

Weli Kleïb

Judge

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