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TIMBUKTU
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, DENMARK
 
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Completed - FRENCH, ARABIC - Drama - 94 minutes

Year of production : 2014

Director(s) : Abderrahmane SISSAKO
Writer(s) : Abderrahmane SISSAKO, Kessen TALL
Cast : Ahmed IBRAHIM, Abel JAFRI

Producer(s) : Sylvie PIALAT (LES FILMS DU WORSO)

Synopsis

In Mali, the Islamists invade the city of Timbuktu and will impose sharia law. They banish music, football, cigarettes, carry out forced marriages, persecute women and improvise courts make unfair and absurd sentences. Despite the ferocity of their repression, people resist with courage, often in the name of another conception of Islam. Kidane is a Tuareg breeder living in the desert with his wife and daughter. First spared his family will soon face the new Islamic laws, on the occasion of a conflict with another person.

Production

Country(ies) : FRANCE, MAURITANIA

AUSTRIA Jan 16, 2015 FILMLADEN GMBH
BELGIUM Dec 17, 2014 CINÉART BELGIUM
BRAZIL IMOVISION
CANADA AXIA FILMS INC
COLOMBIA CINE COLOMBIA S
DENMARK CAMERA FILM A/S
FRANCE Dec 11, 2014 FILMDIS SARL
FRANCE Dec 11, 2014 FILMDIS SARL
FRANCE FRANCE TV DISTR
GERMANY Dec 11, 2014 ARSENAL FILMVER
GREECE WEIRD WAVE
HUNGARY Feb 12, 2015 VERTIGO MEDIA L
ITALY Feb 12, 2015 ACADEMY TWO
JAPAN RESPECT
MALAYSIA MEASAT BROADCAS
MEXICO MANTARRAYA PROD
NETHERLAND Mar 26, 2015 CINÉART NETHERL
NORWAY Jan 16, 2015 AS FIDALGO FILM
POLAND Jun 12, 2015 AURORA FILMS (P
PORTUGAL MIDAS FILMES
SPAIN Feb 06, 2015 GOLEM DISTRIBUC
SWEDEN Feb 20, 2015 FOLKETS BIO
SWITZERLAN TRIGON-FILM
TAIWAN CINEPLEX DEVELO
UNITED KIN CURZON ARTIFICI
USA COHEN MEDIA GRO

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2014 (Prix du Jury œcuménique)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleur Film)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleure Photographie)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleure Musique)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleur Montage)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleur Son)
40 CEREMONIE DES CESARS 2015 (Meilleur Scénario Original)


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