Timbuktu (2014) ★★★★☆

👍 IMDb 7.1/10 (17k)     🍅 Rotten Tomatoes 98%     🎦 Metacritic 92
12A | 1h 36m | Drama, War | Mauritania/France/Qatar, French/Arabic/Bambara/English/Songhay/Tamashek
Director Abderrahmane Sissako
Writers Abderrahmane Sissako (screenplay), Kessen Tall (screenplay)
Stars Ibrahim Ahmed, Abel Jafri, Toulou Kiki

A cattle herder and his family who reside in the dunes of Timbuktu find their quiet lives -- which are typically free of the Jihadists determined to control their faith -- abruptly disturbed.

 

Moving.