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Timbuktu (2014)

Dec 10, 2014 Drama, War 1h 36m
70%
User Score
7.1/10
98%
92/100

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.

Abderrahmane Sissako
Director
Kessen Tall
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Ibrahim Ahmed
Ibrahim Ahmed

Kidane
Toulou Kiki
Toulou Kiki

Satima
Layla Walet Mohamed
Layla Walet Mohamed

Toya
Abel Jafri
Abel Jafri

Abdelkrim
Kettly Noël
Kettly Noël

Zabou
Hichem Yacoubi
Hichem Yacoubi

Jihadist
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed

Issan
Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara

Singer
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
Adel Mahmoud Cherif

The Imam

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Official UK Trailer
Official UK Trailer
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Official US Trailer
Official US Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on January 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 times that for being in a room with another man. Inappropriate laughing is prohibited as are cigarettes for certain people, too. For the men the rules are harsh, for the women they are controlling an...

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