12th World Film Festival : Timbuktu

Timbuktu Cast: Pino Desperado, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki Original Title: Timbuktu Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Producer: Sylvie Pialat Genre: Drama Synopsis Not far from Timbuktu, where the townspeople are suffering, powerless, under a regime of terror imposed by religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his wife Satima, his daughter Toya, and shepherd Issan. Their lives change when Kidane accidentally kills Amadou, the fisherman who slaughtered his beloved cow. He now has to f