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Timbuktu

7.020141h 36m12MovieDramaWar

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.

DirectorAbderrahmane Sissako
WritersAbderrahmane Sissako·Kessen Tall
ProducersFrédérique Dumas-Zajdela·Sylvie Pialat

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Availability shown for United Kingdom · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

IAIbrahim Ahmed
Ibrahim Ahmed
Kidane
TKToulou Kiki
Toulou Kiki
Satima
LM
Layla Walet Mohamed
Toya
AJAbel Jafri
Abel Jafri
Abdelkrim
KNKettly Noël
Kettly Noël
Zabou
HYHichem Yacoubi
Hichem Yacoubi
Jihadist
MMMehdi A.G. Mohamed
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Issan
FDFatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara
Singer
ACAdel Mahmoud Cherif
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
The Imam
SDSalem Dendou
Salem Dendou
Jihadist leader
MK
Mamby Kamissoko
Jihadist
YD
Yoro Diakité
Jihadist

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