Timbuktu
2014 · 1h 36m · Drama, War · France · Rated 12 (GB)
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.
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Abderrahmane Sissako6.8Smart score
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african customscattlecivil warislamismmauritaniareligious conflictreligious differencesreligious fundamentalismsharia lawyihad
Rating12 (GB)
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