The film, of impeccable photography and music, is a story about ignorant and fanatical religious groups that impose their views using violence and destroying the social fabric of society with a tragic end. Timbuktu used to attract many tourists until not long ago looking to see its fascinating mud buildings and rich culture, including a famous library that housed an invaluable collection of more than 20,000 manuscripts covering centuries of Mali's history. So different from the usual slick Hollywood ... Magnifique film qui prédit un avenir difficile ....Le djihadisme du désert dans toute son absurdité et sa cruauté, dans sa négation de l'individu et de la culture.Abderrahmane Sissako livre un film bouleversant, en décrivant des ethnies afro-occidentales abandonnées par leurs "Etats" et soumises au joug cynique d'illuminés, venus imposer leurs contraintes d'esprits frustrés et ignorants.Un film malheureusement prophétique des événements de Janvier au Niger, et qui permet de mieux comprendre la nécessité de l'intervention française au Mali.Pour ceux qui dénoncent ce film comme "islamophobe" - certainement sans l'avoir vu - les scènes entre l'imam et les djihadistes valent plus que de longs discours.Je n'irai pas voir ce film, si réussi soit-il. Several Touareg tribes in permanent conflict with Bamako, seized the opportunity and formed a military alliance with all kinds of Al-Qaeda affiliates and muslim fundamentalists and launched a blitzkrieg than in a few days cut the country by half and took over Northern Mali. But I buy my discs here to be entertained.

From punishing (brutally) the playing of music to administering a justice system based on paying a cattle price for killing, the general effect is of a medieval or early modern society which has been given AK47s and Toyota technicals. Beautifully filmed, and a story that is uncomfortably close to reality. This film really a masterpiece. Most people, it was thought, valued freedom above all else. Il y a une scène superbe: le match de foot sans ballon.Ce genre de films devraient êtres ceux qui sont à la tête du box-office et pas les petites merdes comme Avengers 2 ou je ne sais quoi encore comme connerie hollywoodienne sans gout ni couleurs...Film ennuyant , plat, sans intérêts , 7 trophées ??? As it's long I thought I'd watch it in two sittings but, instead, just sat transfixed for the whole film by the beauty of the photography and the lives of the characters living in a culture so different to my own and having to face invasive changes to their way of life. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Amidst this ordinary life goes on but is changed. As the fundamentalists increase their strangle hold over the village, and the severity of the punishments they dole out, the village is ripped apart. Difficult watching but good representation of this beleaguered towns diversity and heritage and the challenges it now faces. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

So different from the usual slick Hollywood productions. 2,5/5"Timbuktu" se vit au rythme africain qui n'est pas le notre. Please reuse the footage to make a nice tourism commercial so it won't go totally to waste.

Visually pleasing. A beautiful slow sad film that takes its time to make its point.

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A(z) "regarder-265228-Timbuktu.avi" című videót "purevid" nevű felhasználó töltötte fel a(z) "film/animáció" kategóriába. This film really a masterpiece. An amazing film. Beautiful cinematography and hauntingly moving story about the clash between bullies hiding behind a fundamentalist flag and the simple life of a people they have little in common with and intend to dominate. Beautiful cinematography and hauntingly moving story about the clash between bullies hiding behind a fundamentalist flag and the simple life of a people they have little in common with and intend to dominate. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. As the fundamentalists increase their strangle hold over the village, and the severity of the punishments they dole out, the village is ripped apart. Filmed somewhere in the dessert with an amazing array of actors.

Trés bon film où l'on voie des vies croisées dans un contexte que l'on découvre autrement.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. It takes place slowly enough, and the villagers take it in stride in the beginning, with their own religious leaders attempting to teach the fundamentalists to be more lenient, more forgiving, based on their understanding of Islam. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. If not, why in our day the enormous defence and military budgets, the spy agencies, the homeland securities with their surveillance systems (ID cards, data bases, CCTV cameras, etc.)? (Actually the women in the movie stand strong against the subjugation.) To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

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Néanmoins cette lenteur ne m'a pas gênè.Les prises d'images sont époustouflantes, et rien que pour ça le film mérite d'être vu, bon on repassera pour la narration, attention petit SPOIL, la scène du djihadiste qui nous fait du Béjart est un peu too much, par contre la scène du match de foot sans ballon vaut son pesant d'or, il est vrai que c'est loin d'être un chef-d’œuvre, mais ça se laisse regarder.Film magistral sur l'extrémisme religieux, qui a été tourné dans des conditions difficiles ce qui le rend d'autant plus méritant (photo superbe). But unfortunately, as with many religious texts, you can argue almost any position and find supportive passages, and the fundamentalists have the upper hand as they have anointed themselves as "liberators" of this town. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.