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January 30, 2015
At the Movies: Tragedies of 'Timbuktu' told with rare beauty
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
The hot Malian sands of Abderrahmane Sissako's “Timbuktu” are a cool reservoir of placid beauty, where desert dunes are swept by quiet ripples of colorful, everyday village life and haphazard storms of violence.
| Timbuktu |
 Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Cast: Abel Jafri, Adel Mahmoud Cherif, Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki Rating: PG-13 Running time: 97 minutes |
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