Review of Timbuktu (2014) by Viet Phuong N — 14 Nov 2015

This flick set into the name title, a Malian town in Africa continent is depicting the town people's struggles. Their resistance against the uprising moslem extremists into trilingual speech: French, Arabic, and English. The native's culture and tradition remain the defense line to the repressing regime. Timbuktu's folk by tradition itself is moslem by history, but not acccepting their religion should rule upon them as secular means. The final scene is swiftly fragmented, thus the sequence might not be easily comprehended. But, it is clear the cattle herder is defending his faith bravely despite his previous sin as he then repented in public.

Dusts and desert filled the scenery, though several grasses grow here and there as some water do exists. The lushful panorama of desert charm in golden sands really soothe the sight, even though the famous Djinguereber Mosque was absent herein.

When religion grips power to rule people even as a regime, it becomes obsolete since religion was not supposed to be forced onto people. Religion was meant to be held into the hearts of people as faith and beliefs for what was revealed into their senses. Each and every sentient being have different experience hence, but there's only one God - all supreme Divine Mercy.