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Where was Timbuktu filmed?

2014 film, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.

  • Oualata

The story is set in Timbuktu.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Timbuktu
Filmed in
Oualata

About Timbuktu

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Released
2014
Director
Abderrahmane Sissako
Cast
Abel JafriHichem YacoubiToulou KikiFatoumata DiawaraIbrahim Ahmed dit Pino
Genre
Drama
Awards
Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Cannes; François Chalais Prize; Grand Prix; Lumière Award for Best Film and 2 more

The story

Armed members of the Ansar Dine group pursue a gazelle across the sandy desert in a jeep.

Despite armed enforcement, when the foreigners enter a local mosque wearing shoes, the Imam diplomatically rebukes their rules and dismisses them.

While Issan tends to the cows near the river, he encounters Amadou, a fisherman, who has set his nets.

Famous lines from Timbuktu

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • In "Visit of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Timbuktu.Timbuktu
  • .. the single most important collection from pre-colonial West Africa.Timbuktu
  • Centres of learning at Walala, Djenna, and Timbuktu had a singular impact on African education in d medieval times.Timbuktu
  • . On terrorist issues we bet on Serval. People rely on Serval for this kind of issue, much more than on the UN soldiers.The city is quite calm nowadays, even though residual criminal acts remain
  • The popular statement, “From here to Timbuktu”, conjures up images of remote, distant parts of the earth. But Timbuktu is in fact a real city in the west African country of Mali.Timbuktu

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