• Director(s)

    Abderrahmane Sissako

  • Production Year

    2014

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed, Hichem Yacoubi, Kettly No�l

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Film

Timbuktu

moderate violence, injury detail

A cattle herder and his family find their peaceful village lives threatened by Islamist extremists. Depictions of killings and punishements are discreetly handled but may be upsetting.…

A cattle herder and his family find their peaceful village lives threatened by Islamist extremists. Depictions of killings and punishements are discreetly handled but may be upsetting.

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violence

threat and horror

language

sex

injury detail

alcohol and smoking

discrimination

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Abderrahmane Sissako

  • Production Year

    2014

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    92m

  • Cast

    Ibrahim Ahmed dit Pino, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Mehdi A.G. Mohamed, Hichem Yacoubi, Kettly No�l

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moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
13/03/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
In one scene, a woman receives twenty lashes as a punishment and is beaten on the back. However, she is thrashed over her clothes and there is no injury detail. In another scene, a man and woman are buried up to their necks in sand before they are stoned. There is brief sight of the man's bloodstreaked face. There are also scenes in which people are shot and killed; however, injury detail is limited.
additional issues
There is infrequent mild bad language ('assholes', 'bastard'). At one point, a man throws a spear at a cow, which subsequently collapses. However, assurances were received from the film makers that the animal was not harmed. The spear was added after filming, using digital effects, and the appearance of the animal collapsing was created by sedating the cow under veterinary supervision.
moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
11/08/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd
violence
In one scene, a woman receives twenty lashes as a punishment and is beaten on the back. However, she is thrashed over her clothes and there is no injury detail. In another scene, a man and woman are buried up to their necks in sand before they are stoned. There is brief sight of the man's bloodstreaked face. There are also scenes in which people are shot and killed; however, injury detail is limited.
threat and horror
There is an increasing sense of threat throughout the film as the Islamists impose their rule.
language
There is infrequent mild bad language ('assholes', 'bastard').
sex
There are references to adultery and the punishment for this being death by stoning.
injury detail
A man throws a spear at a cow, which collapses. However, the scene was achieved by sedating the animal and the spear was added using digital effects. There is also sight of blood and injuries in the aftemath of violence, punishment beatings and executions.
alcohol and smoking
A man smokes a cigarette and there are references to Islamists banning the practice.
additional issues
There is infrequent mild bad language ('assholes', 'bastard'). At one point, a man throws a spear at a cow, which subsequently collapses. However, assurances were received from the film makers that the animal was not harmed. The spear was added after filming, using digital effects, and the appearance of the animal collapsing was created by sedating the cow under veterinary supervision.
Classified Date:
29/04/2015
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Artificial Eye Film Co. Ltd

  • Classified date

    11/08/2015

  • BBFC reference

    AVF324197

  • Language

    English, Arabic, Bambara, French