Timbuktu Reviews

To be honest, I had no idea what to expect from this movie but since it had won the César of the Best French movie of the year, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, it turned out to be a rather heartbreaking tale about how the life in Timbuktu  has been completely shattered by the local jihadists. While watching this movie, I actually came to the conclusion that the guys from IS are pretty much the fascists of our time. Indeed, for some reasons, they think they are better than everyone else and they cripple the liberty of others by forcing women to cover their heads, to wear some gloves and forbidding cigarettes, music and even football. You might wonder why the Western leaders don't try to stop them like they did with the Nazis during WWII. I guess, they just don't care much for such places like Timbuktu, I'm afraid. Still, even though it was a decent watch, I have to admit that I wasn't completely sold. What bothered me the most was that the whole thing was very often a random mess. Indeed, you keep jumping from one little story to another and, as a result, nothing was actually properly developed. Still, in spite of its flaws, it was a very interesting watch, even an important movie, showing the dreadful situation of the people living under the Islamic State and it is therefore definitely worth a look.

Not a political film, but without emphasis yo can feel the absurd new ways on a traditional moslm town. Sissako 'commits' too poetic scenes as the football match without a ball, but I tolerate them.