Timbuktu
2014 · Movie · 96 min
★ 7.0(518)unSUB Rating
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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Details
- Years
- 2014
- Release date
- 2014-12-10
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 96 min
- TMDB rating (input)
- 7.0/10 (518 votes)
Themes
- civil war
- cattle
- religious fundamentalism
- religious conflict
- religious differences
- african customs
- yihad
- sharia law
- islamism
- mauritania
Awards & recognition
- Lumière Award — Best Film · 2015
- Lumière Award — Best Director · 2015
- César Award — Best Film
- François Chalais Prize
- Grand Prix
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- Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes
- Academy Award — Best International Feature Film · 2015 · nominated
- IFFR audience award · 2015 · nominated
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 2015 · nominated
Cast & crew
Ibrahim Ahmed
as Kidane
Toulou Kiki
as Satima
- LM
Layla Walet Mohamed
as Toya
Abel Jafri
as Abdelkrim
Kettly Noël
as Zabou
Hichem Yacoubi
as Jihadist
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
as Issan
Fatoumata Diawara
as Singer
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
as The Imam
Salem Dendou
as Jihadist leader
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako