Timbuktu

Timbuktu (2014)

January 28, 2015 (US)Drama, War1 hour and 36 minutes
70%
User score

A song for freedom.

Description

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.

Abderrahmane Sissako
Director, Writer
Kessen Tall
Writer

Actors

Ibrahim Ahmed
Ibrahim Ahmed
Kidane
Toulou Kiki
Toulou Kiki
Satima
Layla Walet Mohamed
Layla Walet Mohamed
Toya
Abel Jafri
Abel Jafri
Abdelkrim
Kettly Noël
Kettly Noël
Zabou
Hichem Yacoubi
Hichem Yacoubi
Jihadist
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Issan
Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara
Singer
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
The Imam
Salem Dendou
Salem Dendou
Jihadist leader
Mamby Kamissoko
Mamby Kamissoko
Jihadist
Yoro Diakité
Yoro Diakité
Jihadist
Cheik A.G. Emakni
Cheik A.G. Emakni
Omar
Zikra Oualet Moussa
Zikra Oualet Moussa
Tina
Weli Kleïb
Weli Kleïb
Judge
Djié Sidi
Djié Sidi
Judge
Omar Haidara
Omar Haidara
Amadou
Damien Ndjie
Damien Ndjie
Abu Jaafar
Status

Released

Original language

French

Budget

—

Revenue

$1,076,075

Keywords
civil warcattlereligious fundamentalismreligious conflictreligious differencesafrican customsyihadsharia lawislamism