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70% Critic Match
Timbuktu
“A song for freedom.”
7.0 / 10• 2014• 1h 36m•NR• French
DramaWar
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Ibrahim Ahmed
Kidane
Lead
Toulou Kiki
Satima
LW
Layla Walet Mohamed
Toya
Abel Jafri
Abdelkrim
Kettly Noël
Zabou
Hichem Yacoubi
Jihadist
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Issan
Fatoumata Diawara
Singer
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Abderrahmane Sissako's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Timbuktu is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
