France / Mauritania,
2014, 97 min
Directed by:
Abderrahmane SissakoCinematography:
Sofian El FaniComposer:
Amin BouhafaCast:
Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Hichem Yacoubi, Layla Walet Mohamed, Fatoumata DiawaraVOD (5)
Plots(1)
Not far from Timbuktu, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and Issan, their twelve-year-old shepherd. In town, the people struggle under a regime of terror imposed by invading Jihadists determined to control their faith and threaten their way of life. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even football have been banned and 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 runs foul of the foreign occupants and is confronted by their merciless new laws. (Artificial Eye)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2015 - Abderrahmane Sissako (Best Foreign Language Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2016 - Best Film not in the English Language
César Awards
- 2015 - Best Film
- 2015 - Abderrahmane Sissako (Best Director)
- 2015 - Abderrahmane Sissako, Kessen Tall (Best Original Screenplay)
- 2015 - Amin Bouhafa (Best Original Music)
- 2015 - Best Sound
- 2015 - Sofian El Fani (Best Cinematography)
- 2015 - Best Editing
- 2015 - Best Production Design
Guldbagge Awards
- 2015 - Abderrahmane Sissako (Best Foreign Film)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2015 - Best Foreign Language Film
Cannes Film Festival
- 2014 - Abderrahmane Sissako (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)
- 2014 - Abderrahmane Sissako (Golden Palm - Official Competition)