Not far from the ancient malian city of timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, proud cattle herder kidane ibrahim ahmed aka pino lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife satima toulou kiki, his daughter toya layla walet mohamed, and issan mehdi ag mohamed, their twelveyearold shepherd. Jan 28, 2015 2015 academy award nominee for best foreign language film. In 2012, a couple was reportedly stoned to death for. A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of timbuktu find their quiet lives which are typically free of the jihadists determined to control their faith abruptly disturbed. We are in a desert of reddish limestone, with a scattering of sparse acacias. Timbuktu has long been a center of islamic scholarship, art, literature, and musica. A movie that dares to humanize jihadists the new yorker. With victor mature, elaine stewart, faith domergue, reba waters. Its producer sylvie pialat won the toscan du plantier award, gauls equivalent to the pgas darryl f.
In the mid1990s, he started as part of the rap group excel before going solo as timbuktu. Mar 05, 2015 a movie that dares to humanize jihadists. Abderrahmane sissako was born on october, 1961 in kiffa, mauritania. Cette analyse est egalement disponible au format pdf facilement imprimable.
Timbuktu soundtrack from 2015, composed by amine bouhafa. Timbuktu by michael sragow on january 29, 2015 abderrahmane sissakos timbuktu is bracingly original and unexpecteda welcome shock to the system for american moviegoers whove grown used to seeing prosaic melodrama in topical or tornfromtheheadline movies. Timbuktu original motion picture soundtrack by amine. Jason michael bosak diakite born 11 january 1975 in lund, known under the stage name timbuktu, is a swedish rapper and reggae artist. Timbuktu is an ancient and mythical city of sub saharan africa, located to the north east of mali, a few kilometers north of the famous niger river that runs through bamako, the capital city. It was selected to compete for the palme dor in the main competition section at the 2014 cannes film festival. Timbuktu 2014 a malian cattleman ibrahim ahmed and his family face the wrath of islamic fundamentalists after a tragic accident. Lire les 233 microcritiques vous pouvez voir ce film. A timely african film on islam and a spectacular breakthrough the wrenching, oscarnominated timbuktu depicts mali under jihadist rule but its far more than an issue drama. Aujourdhui ont ce retrouve pour une petite analyse et explication du film us realise par jordan peele.
They find their tranquil lives suddenly interrupted by jihadist, muslim extremists, who are determined to control the lives and muslim faith of the local citizens. This feat of understanding and empathy is just one of the many things that this exceptional film executes exceptionally well. The movie is set in the legendary city of timbuktu, whose richly diverse traditions are being trampled, as sissako sees it, by fanatical jihadis, often from outside the country. The african film timbuktu begins with an antelope racing to escape hunters and ends with a young girl similarly on the run. He is a director and writer, known for timbuktu 2014. This is an unusual film for these latitudes and from a place americans viewers hardly know anything about. Timbuktu, an abderrahmane sissako film about radical islam. 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 twelveyearold shepherd. Timbuktu was founded in the 11th century as a major city in the mali empire and its prominence as an advanced civilization lasted until the 18th century. Paris abderrahmane sissakos oscarnominated timbuktu has taken another kudo in france. Le film timbuktu du mauritanien abderrahmane sissako remporte le cesar le prix du meilleur film. Fatoumata diawara is an actress, known for morbayassa 2014, sia, the dream of the python 2001 and timbuktu 2014. These days, it pretty much lives up to its reputation as the end of the world but once upon a time, it was the centre of important trade routes.
May 28, 2015 abderrahmane sissakos new film takes as its starting point a news story from the west african state of mali, where the director was born. Buyers were enchanted by abderrahmane sissakos film. The town is the capital of the timbuktu region, one of the eight administrative regions of mali. Gracefully assembled and ultimately disquieting, timbuktu is a timely film with a powerful message. Timbuktu the first mauritanian film to be nominated for an oscar, timbuktu is a quietly powerful multilingual effort that almost feels like a darkly comedic satire for its first act or so, lulling you into a false sense of security before the tone shifts and the noose tightens. Les grignoux dossiers pedagogiques cinema et education. Avec abel jafri, hichem yacoubi, kettly noel, ahmed ibrahim dit pino, toulou kiki. With ibrahim ahmed, abel jafri, toulou kiki, layla walet mohamed. Along with being a thriving trading and islamic religious center, it also established great places of higher learning. Ibrahim ahmed, toulou kiki, abel jafri, fatoumata diawara, hichem yacoubi, kettly noel. An exconfederate officer and his young daughter, traveling west, rescue two women survivors of. Timbuktu tells the story of a cattle herder and his family who inhabit the desert ridges of the city of timbuktu in west africa. Dec 09, 2014 timbuktu soundtrack from 2015, composed by amine bouhafa.
Timbuktu s new conquerors swept into town in fourwheeldrive pickups mounted with heavy weapons. Released by universal music in 2014 containing music from timbuktu 2015. The story has two protagonists, and it is an interesting pairing. Both animal and child are, by implication, mali itself, a country struggling to survive the repression of its culture by islamic militants. Timbuktu, city in the western african country of mali, historically important as a trading post on the transsaharan caravan route and as a center of islamic culture c. Abderrahmane sissako on the jihadists in timbuktu the new. Sales success for le pacte with timbuktu cineuropa. Left, the films director, abderrahmane sissako, with mehdi a. Sissako said that he hoped timbuktu, which is in the featurefilm competition here at the 67th annual cannes film festival, could help provide insights into how fundamentalism has been encroaching across africa in areas where islamic practice has long been less strict. Timbuktu, the thoughtful, oscarnominated foreignlanguage feature from mauritanias superb filmmaker, abderrahmane sissako, is set in a confined, austere, subsaharan desert town with little. Jan 28, 2015 this month, abderrahmane sissakos timbuktu, an official selection in cannes last year and a current nominee for the best foreignlanguage film oscar, was caught up in the aftermath of the. At cannes, it won the prize of the ecumenical jury and the francois chalais prize. Timbuktu is a heaven of sorts in paul austers story timbuktu.
In this piercing tale of oppression set in 2012, fear grips timbuktu after the malian city is seized by islamic rebels determined to impose their extreme beliefs on the moderate muslim populace. These educational institutions generated scholarly texts which became known as the manuscripts of timbuktu. Tumbutu is a city in mali, situated 20 km 12 mi north of the niger river. Jan 25, 2015 toulou kiki, ibrahim ahmed and layla walet mohamed in timbuktu, opening on wednesday. Le film timbuktu du mauritanien abderrahmane sissako. Timbuktu original motion picture soundtrack, an album by amine bouhafa on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. The drama revolves around the death of a cow, affectionately named gps. Timbuktu is a 2014 mauritanianfrench drama film directed and cowritten by abderrahmane sissako. It is located on the southern edge of the sahara, about 8 miles km north of the niger river. Timbuktu producer sylvie pialat wins second toscan du. Not far from timbuktu, now ruled by religious fundamentalists, kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife satima, his daughter toya, and issan, their twelveyearold shepherd. Amidst them is a western prisoner with an exhausted air and a severalmonthsold beard, his emaciated face partially hidden behind the folds of a turban. A group of men, all holding ak47s, moves toward a pickup.
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