A song for freedom.
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
Timbuktu (2014) is a drama and war film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, released on December 10, 2014 with a runtime of 1h 36m. It stars Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed and Abel Jafri. Viewers rate it 7.0 out of 10 across 524 ratings.
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Ibrahim Ahmed
as Kidane
Toulou Kiki
as Satima
Layla Walet Mohamed
as Toya
Abel Jafri
as Abdelkrim
Kettly Noël
as Zabou
Hichem Yacoubi
as Jihadist
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
as Issan
Fatoumata Diawara
as Singer
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
as The Imam
Salem Dendou
as Jihadist leader
Mamby Kamissoko
as Jihadist
Yoro Diakité
as Jihadist
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, written by Abderrahmane Sissako and Kessen Tall, produced by Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela, Sylvie Pialat and Étienne Comar.
Average viewer score of 7.0/10 from 524 ratings.
Not being a man of any religiosity at all, the effects seems to me all the more potent when a group of Jihadists arrive in this town and start to impose Sharia law. Now I don't wish to get all political here, but what we see for the next ninety minutes or so offers us some of the most appalling and disturbing scenes I've ever seen in a fact-based film. It's presented in an effective docu-drama style and follows…
Reviewed on January 29, 2025
TMDb lists _Timbuktu_ as a French film — a legacy of TMDb’s rigid, funding-based categorisation system. But that’s a bureaucratic fiction. _Timbuktu_ was shot in Mauritania, directed by a Mauritanian (Abderrahmane Sissako), and submitted by Mauritania for the Oscars. To deny it as a Mauritanian film is to prioritise production money over cultural authorship — a quietly colonial impulse that continues to erase…
Reviewed on August 18, 2025
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The main cast of Timbuktu (2014) includes Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri and Kettly Noël. The film was directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Timbuktu was released on December 10, 2014 and runs for 1h 36m.
Timbuktu (2014) holds an average rating of 7.0 out of 10 from 524 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy drama and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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