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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 98%, Metacritic 92/100. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 6,966 2010s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
524 audience votes
Key crew
- Abderrahmane SissakoDirector
- Abderrahmane SissakoWriter
- Kessen TallWriter
- Amine BouhafaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ibrahim AhmedKidane
- Toulou KikiSatima
- Layla Walet MohamedToya
- Abel JafriAbdelkrim
- Kettly NoëlZabou
- Hichem YacoubiJihadist
- Mehdi A.G. MohamedIssan
- Fatoumata DiawaraSinger
- Adel Mahmoud CherifThe Imam
- Salem DendouJihadist leader
- Mamby KamissokoJihadist
- Yoro DiakitéJihadist
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Themes
civil warcattlereligious fundamentalismreligious conflictreligious differencesafrican customsyihadsharia lawislamismmauritania
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