TIMBUKTU
synopsis
Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, 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 when Kidane accidentally kills Amadou, the fisherman who slaughtered "GPS", his beloved cow. He now has to face the new laws of the foreign occupants.
international title: | Timbuktu |
original title: | Timbuktu (Le Chagrin des oiseaux) |
country: | France |
sales agent: | Le Pacte |
year: | 2014 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Abderrahmane Sissako |
film run: | 97' |
release date: | FR 10/12/2014, BE 17/12/2014, ES 06/02/2015, HU 12/02/2015, SE 20/02/2016 |
screenplay: | Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall |
cast: | Abel Jafri, Pino Desperado, Hichem Yacoubi, Kettly Noël, Toulou Kiki |
cinematography by: | Sofian El Fani |
film editing: | Nadia Ben Rachid |
art director: | Sébastian Birchler |
producer: | Sylvie Pialat |
production: | Les Films du Worso, Armada Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Orange Studio |
distributor: | Le Pacte, Golem Distribución, Cinéart, Asociatia Culturala Macondo, Vertigo Media, Folkets Bio |