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Timbuktu (2014)

2014-12-10 · 1h 36m · FR
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A song for freedom.

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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Abderrahmane SissakoDirector, WriterKessen TallWriter
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$1.1M

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Ibrahim AhmedIbrahim AhmedKidaneToulou KikiToulou KikiSatimaLayla Walet MohamedLayla Walet MohamedToyaAbel JafriAbel JafriAbdelkrimAbel JafriAbel JafriAbdelkrimKettly NoelKettly NoelZabouHichem YacoubiHichem YacoubiJihadistMehdi A.G. MohamedMehdi A.G. MohamedIssanFatoumata DiawaraFatoumata DiawaraSingerAdel Mahmoud CherifAdel Mahmoud CherifThe ImamSalem DendouSalem DendouJihadist leaderMamby KamissokoMamby KamissokoJihadist

Keywords

Civil warReligious conflictReligious fundamentalismCattleReligious differencesAfrican customsIslamismSharia lawYihad

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDrama · WarTheme affinityCivil War · Religious Conflict · Religious FundamentalismDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityWar · Civil WarDirector preference388529Actor preference267303 · 47822 · 797873

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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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Timbuktu has a runtime of 96 minutes.

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