Where was Timbuktu filmed?
2014 film, directed by Abderrahmane Sissako.
- Oualata
The story is set in Timbuktu.
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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