Timbuktu

France / Mauritania 2014, 96 minutes
Dir. Abderrahmane Sissako
In French, Arabic, Bambara with English subtitles
Rating: [M] Violence & content that may disturb.
Genres: Foreign Cinema, Drama

Feat. Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi

Aroview: A powerful and subtle drama set in the city of Timbuktu in Mali, West Africa. The city has been occupied by Jihadists, and the citizens are suffering under strict Sharia law, including a dignified cattle herder who is sentenced to death after a feud with a local fisherman.

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4 stars (Very Good) Searingly beautiful, quiet & cruel. The tragedy of a a small, devote & articulate Muslim population under the yoke of arbitrary Sharia law imposed by a foreign Tuareg militia. Unforgettable scenes with a surrealistic quality. We failed these people. ~Sandy

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