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Timbuktu (2014)

10/12/2014 (FR)Drama, War1h 36m
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A song for freedom.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Ibrahim Ahmed

      Ibrahim Ahmed

      Kidane

    2. Toulou Kiki

      Toulou Kiki

      Satima

    3. Layla Walet Mohamed

      Toya

    4. Abel Jafri

      Abel Jafri

      Abdelkrim

    5. Kettly Noël

      Kettly Noël

      Zabou

    6. Hichem Yacoubi

      Hichem Yacoubi

      Jihadist

    7. Mehdi A.G. Mohamed

      Mehdi A.G. Mohamed

      Issan

    8. Fatoumata Diawara

      Fatoumata Diawara

      Singer

    9. Adel Mahmoud Cherif

      Adel Mahmoud Cherif

      The Imam

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jan 29, 2025

    Not being a man of any religiosity at all, the effects seems to me all the more potent when a group of Jihadists arrive in this town and start to impose Sharia law. Now I don't wish to get all political here, but what we see for the next ninety minutes or so offers us some of the most appalling and disturbing scenes I've ever seen in a fact-based film. It's presented in an effective docu-drama style and follows storylines that see the townsfolk fall foul of their uninvited new regime. To add some context, one man gets 20 lashes for playing football - because it is banned. A woman receives many...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageFrench

    Budget-

    Revenue$1,076,075.00

    Keywords

    • civil war
    • cattle
    • religious fundamentalism
    • religious conflict
    • religious differences
    • african customs
    • yihad
    • sharia law
    • islamism
    • mauritania