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Timbuktu

Summary: A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.

Release Date: December 10, 2014

Genres: Drama, War

Director: Abderrahmane Sissako

Writers: Abderrahmane Sissako

Runtime: 1 h 36 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Les Films du Worso, Dune Vision, Arches Films, Arte France Cinéma, Orange Studio, Canal+, Ciné+, Le Pacte, TV5MONDE, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Indéfilms 2, Doha Film Institute

Distributor: Le Pacte, Cohen Media Group

Countries: France, Mauritania, Qatar

Language: French

Domestic: $ 1,076,075

International: $ 6,103,316

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