Timbuktu

2015 • 96 minutes
4.2
61 reviews
98%
Tomatometer
PG-13
Rating
Eligible
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About this movie

Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, 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. Mauritania's official entry for the 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.
Rating
PG-13

Ratings and reviews

4.2
61 reviews
Annie Smith
20 November 2015
A must see...absolutely beautiful and tragic.