Film: Timbuktu

'Timbuktu' is a poignant and mesmerising film, a modern tragedy and defiant song of a nation in peril. Abderrahmane Sissako’s wonderfully human take on the fundamentalist occupation of Mali is not to be missed!

"Winner of 7 César awards, Timbuktu confirms Sissako’s status as one of the true humanists of contemporary cinema. Not far from Timbuktu, now ruled by the religious fundamentalists, Kidane lives peacefully in the dunes with his family and their twelve-year-old shepherd. Back in the city, the people suffer from the regime of terror imposed by the Jihadists determined to control their faith. Music, laughter, cigarettes, even soccer have been banned."

Join us if you haven't already seen it on Monday 8 June. The film is at 18.30 and we'll meet in the foyer at 18.15. We're looking forward to this & there should be time to discuss it afterwards.

http://www.institut-francais.org.uk/cine-lumiere/whats-on/new-releases/timbuktu/