Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Timbuktu easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Timbuktu end with hope?

Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More violent than 68% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Timbuktu

Name: Timbuktu
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2014
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noël

A song for freedom.

Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako

Produced by Les films du Worso, Orange Studio

201496 min7.0 / 10

A somber, meditative examination of how religious extremism and occupation fracture communities and strip away human dignity, told through intimate portraits of ordinary people under oppressive rule.

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.

Clusters

Religion Versus The System Historical War Movies Native American & Frontier Life Animal Movies Conflict And Contrasts

Genres

Drama War

Keywords

Civil War Cattle Religious Fundamentalism Religious Conflict Religious Differences African Customs Yihad Sharia Law Islamism Mauritania

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Questions people ask

Is Timbuktu sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Is Timbuktu scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is Timbuktu easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Does Timbuktu end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.
Is Timbuktu violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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