Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won 6 awards, including the Lumière Award for Best Film (2015) and the César Award for Best Film
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Nominations
3 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (2015)
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Box office
Grossed $1.08M worldwide
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Filming locations
Filmed in Oualata and Mauritania
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Setting
Set in Timbuktu
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Music
Music by Amine Bouhafa
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Sofian El Fani
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Abderrahmane SissakoWriter
- Kessen TallWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 10, 2014
- Original language
- French
- Revenue
- $1.1M
- Countries
- France
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Cast
Ibrahim AhmedKidane
Toulou KikiSatima- Layla Walet MohamedToya
Abel JafriAbdelkrim
Kettly NoëlZabou
Hichem YacoubiJihadist
Mehdi A.G. MohamedIssan
Fatoumata DiawaraSinger
Adel Mahmoud CherifThe Imam
Salem DendouJihadist leader- Mamby KamissokoJihadist
- Yoro DiakitéJihadist
- Cheik A.G. EmakniOmar
Zikra Oualet MoussaTina
Weli KleïbJudge- Djié SidiJudge
- Omar HaidaraAmadou
- Damien NdjieAbu Jaafar
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