Timbuktu (2014)

Directed by

Abderrahmane Sissako

Genre

drama film

Country

Mauritania, France

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 515 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film shows daily life in the Malian city of Timbuktu under the rule of the jihadist group Ansar Dine. It focuses on a family of cattle herders and a local fisherman whose daughter is harassed by the militants.

slow-burntensegrippingbleakseriouscontemplativeharrowingintimate

What happens

Timbuktu is a 2014 drama film directed and co-written by Abderrahmane Sissako. The film centres on the brief occupation of Timbuktu, Mali by Ansar Dine, and is partially influenced by the 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok. Shot in Oualata, Mauritania, Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the François Chalais Prize. Timbuktu was chosen as Mauritania's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and went on to be nominated for the prize at the 87th Academy Awards; it was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language at the 69th British Academy Film Awards. Timbuktu was named Best Film at the 11th Africa Movie Academy Awards, where it was nominated for ten further awards. In 2017, The New York Times ranked it the 12th best film of the 21st century so far. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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