Timbuktu is an upcoming 2015 French-Mauritanian drama film directed by Abderrahmane Sissako. It stars Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki and will release in Jan, 2015. Watch the official Trailer of the movie below!
It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, it won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury and the François Chalais Prize. It has been nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards.
The film looks at the brief occupation of Timbuktu by Ansar Dine. Parts of the film were influenced by a 2012 public stoning of an unmarried couple in Aguelhok. It was shot in Oualata, a town in south-east Mauritania.
Plot:
"Not far from the ancient Malian city of Timbuktu, proud cattle herder Kidane (Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino) lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima (Toulou Kiki), his daughter Toya (Layla Walet Mohamed), and Issan (Mehdi Ag Mohamed), their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people suffer, powerless, from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned. The women have become shadows but resist with dignity. Every day, the new improvised courts issue tragic and absurd sentences. Kidane and his family are being spared the chaos that prevails in Timbuktu. But their destiny changes abruptly."
It will release in many countries in the mid of January 2015, including NewYork City in the U.S on 28 January 2015.
Checkout the 2 new official posters below!
 Official Movie Trailer - 'Best Foreign Language' Oscar Nominee!){kind=link}
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