Tidak jauh dari kota Timbuktu yang kini dikuasai oleh para fundamentalis agama, Kidane hidup damai bersama istrinya Satima, putrinya Toya dan penggembala kecilnya, Issan. Di kota, orang-orang hidup di bawah tekanan rezim yang bertekad mengontrol cara mereka berpikir dan berkeyakinan. Musik, tawa, rokok dan bahkan sepakbola dilarang. Para wanita kini tidak lebih dari bayang-bayang, yang meski demikian, tetap melawan dalam diam. Setiap hari, pengadilan mengeluarkan vonis yang tragis dan absurd. Kidane dan keluarganya bisa bertahan karena hidup sedikit di luar perbatasan. Namun ketika Kidane tidak sengaja membunuh seorang nelayan yang membunuh sapi kesayangannya, Kidane harus siap menghadapi hukum yang ditegakkan para penguasa baru ini.
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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, his little 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 by 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.
Sutradara Abderrahmane Sissako | Pemeran Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki | Negara Mauritania, Prancis | Jenis Fiksi | Tahun 2014 | Durasi 97 menit | Bahasa Prancis, Arab, Bambara, Inggris, Songhay, Tamashek | Subteks Bahasa Inggris | Format Digital | Klasifikasi Usia 18+
Materi pemutaran dari koleksi IFcinéma - Institut français.
Penghargaan
Pemenang | Special Jury Award | Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2014, Abu Dhabi, Uni Emirat Arab
Pemenang | François Chalais Award | Cannes Film Festival 2014
Pemenang | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Cannes Film Festival 2014
Pemenang | Most Valuable Movie of the Year | Cinema for Peace Awards 2015
Pemenang | Best Film | César Awards, France 2015
Pemenang | Best Actor | Durban International Film Festival 2014
...dan 19 penghargaan lainnya
Festival
In Competition | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, Academy Awards 2015, Amerika Serikat
In Competition | Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, BAFTA Awards 2016, Inggris
In Competition | Cairo International Film Festival 2014, Cairo, Mesir
In Competition | Palme d'Or | Cannes Film Festival 2014, Cannes, Perancis
In Competition | Best Foreign Language Film | Chicago International Film Festival 2014, Chicago, Amerika Serikat.