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Timbuktu

Timbuktu

26 May 20154 Aug 2015

★★★★★ "What makes it so unusually compelling as a protest film is that it's also a richly poetic work of cinema - witty, beautiful and even, sobering though it is, highly entertaining." The Observer

Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife, his daughter, and their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith.

Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes when Kidane accidentally kills Amadou, the fisherman who slaughtered “GPS”, his beloved cow. He now has to face the new laws of the foreign occupants.

Contains moderate violence and injury details.

Timbuktu Official Trailer 1 (2014) - Abel Jafri Drama HD

Timbuktu, dir. Abderrahmane Sissako, France/Mauritania 2014, 96 mins, French, Arabic and Bambara with English subtitles.

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