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Timbuktu
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Timbuktu is a 2014 drama film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features cast members Hichem Yacoubi, Toulou Kiki, and Fatoumata Diawara. It was produced by Sylvie Pialat and Étienne Comar, with Sofian El Fani serving as director of photography. The production involved companies including Les films du Worso, Orange Studio, and Arches Films. The narrative is set in Timbuktu and addresses subjects such as the Arab Spring and insurgency in the Maghreb.
The film was released in 2014 and has a runtime of 96 minutes. It was filmed in Mauritania and Oualata, with original dialogue in French, Tuareg, Bambara, and Arabic. Timbuktu received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes, the François Chalais Prize, the Grand Prix, and the Lumière Award for Best Film. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The movie holds review scores of 98%, 8.8/10, 92/100, and 7.1/10.
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Film · TMDB
7.0Just 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.
Cast
- Ibrahim Ahmed as Kidane
- Toulou Kiki as Satima
- Layla Walet Mohamed as Toya
- Abel Jafri as Abdelkrim
- Kettly Noël as Zabou
- Hichem Yacoubi as Jihadist
Themes
- civil war
- cattle
- religious fundamentalism
- religious conflict
- religious differences
- african customs
- yihad
- sharia law
- islamism
- mauritania
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Mauritania
- Original language
- Songhay
- Main subject
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Director
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Producer
- Étienne Comar
- Production company
- Ciné+
- Cinematographer
- Sofian El Fani
- Narrative location
- Timbuktu
- Filming location
- Oualata
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 933021
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2015-02-12
- title
- Timbuktu
- film editor
- Nadia Ben Rachid
- review score
- 7.1/10
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