Timbuktu
“A song for freedom.”
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.
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Cast
18 people
Ibrahim Ahmed
Kidane
Known for
Diving
Toulou Kiki
Satima
Also in
Midwives
Layla Walet Mohamed
Toya
No other roles listed
Abel Jafri
Abdelkrim
Known for
The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Our Ties
Kettly Noël
Zabou
Known for
Total Eclipse
Hichem Yacoubi
Jihadist
Known for
A Prophet
Io Capitano
Mehdi A.G. Mohamed
Issan
Also in
Orquesta Club Virginia
Fatoumata Diawara
Singer
Known for
Yao
Tales of the Night
Adel Mahmoud Cherif
The Imam
No other roles listed
Salem Dendou
Jihadist leader
Mamby Kamissoko
Jihadist
No other roles listed
Yoro Diakité
Jihadist
Also in
Bamako
Abderrahmane Sissako Director · Kessen Tall Writer Amine Bouhafa Composer
Worldwide gross $1.1M · United States release January 28, 2015 · Produced in France, Mauritania
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,076,075
Production
Les films du Worso
Production
Orange Studio
Production
Arches Films
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
Dune Vision
Production
StudioCanal
Studio
Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
Production
Ciné+
Production
Indéfilms 2
Production
Le Pacte
Production · Distribution
TV5 Monde
Production
France · Mauritania
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · Bambara · English · French · Italian
Release dates
France · May 15, 2014
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
France · December 10, 2014
Theatrical
United States · January 28, 2015
Theatrical
United States
January 3, 2015 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
Austria
October 24, 2014 · Digital
Belgium
December 17, 2014 · Theatrical
Brazil
January 22, 2015 · Theatrical
Canada
September 9, 2014 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 4, 2015 · Theatrical
Germany
December 11, 2014 · Theatrical
Greece
March 5, 2015 · Theatrical
Indonesia
May 1, 2016 · Premiere · Europe on Screen
Ireland
November 28, 2014 · Digital
Israel
July 11, 2014 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Mauritania
December 12, 2014 · Theatrical
Netherlands
December 10, 2014 · Limited theatrical
Poland
June 12, 2015 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 28, 2015 · Theatrical
Spain
February 6, 2015 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 22, 2015 · Theatrical
August 10, 2015 · Physical · DVD
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