A Mauritanian-French drama; A story about a cattle herder living a peaceful life in the desert with his wife and children who accidentally crosses paths with Jihadists who control a nearby ancient Mali town. Overnight, his world is shattered, and everything he loves and values is threatened. A beautifully shot film with an insight into the effects of a radical Islamist group on a small African town. It juxtaposes the cruel acts and stranglehold on people's liberties with the spirit and poetic images of the Mali people. The characters are flatly characterised and the central plot is superfluous to the power of the defiance and human dignity in the other stories it portrays.
Review of Timbuktu
