92	METASCORE Universal acclaim based on 31 Critic Reviews

7.3	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 85 Ratings

Timbuktu

Cohen Media Group | Release Date: January 28, 2015

Summary: 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 his beloved cow. He now has to face the new laws of the foreign occupants.

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Runtime:	97 min
Rating:	Not Rated
Official Site:	http://cohenmedia.net/films/timbuktu
Production:	Canal+
Genres:	Drama
Countries:	France, Mauritania
Languages:	English, French, Arabic, Bambara, Songhay
Home Release Date:	Jun 23, 2015

Director	Credit
Abderrahmane Sissako	Director

Writer	Credit
Abderrahmane Sissako	Screenplay
Kessen Tall	Screenplay

Principal Cast	Credit
Abel Jafri	Abdelkerim
Ibrahim Ahmed	Kidane
Layla Walet Mohamed	Toya
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed	Issan
Toulou Kiki	Satima

Cast	Credit
Abel Jafri	Abdelkrim
Adel Mahmoud Cherif	L'Imam
Cheik A.G. Emakni	Omar
Fatoumata Diawara	La Chanteuse
Hichem Yacoubi	Djihadiste
Ibrahim Ahmed	Kidane
Kettly Noël	Zabou
Layla Walet Mohamed	Toya
Mamby Kamissoko	Djihadiste
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed	Issan
Pino Desperado	Cast
Salem Dendou	Le Chef Djihadiste
Toulou Kiki	Satima
Weli Cleib	Juge
Yoro Diakité	Djihadiste
Zikra Oualet Moussa	Tina

Producer	Credit
Etienne Comar	Producer
Olivier Père	Co-Producer
Rémi Burah	Co-Producer
Sylvie Pialat	Producer