
Time
1995, Bambara. Directed by Souleymane Cissé.
Beginning in South Africa under the apartheid regime, the film follows a young girl who flees the country after a violent confrontation with a local white landowner in which her father is killed. She settles in Abidjan, where, ten years later, she has become a university student. As part of her studies, she visits the Taureg tribe on the edge of the Sahara before at last returning to post-Apartheid South Africa.
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Bambara
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Cast & crew
- Souleymane CisséDirector
- Linèo TsoloNandi
- Sidi Yaya CisséSolofa
- Eric MiyeniThe father
- Mary TwalaGrandmother
- Nakedi RibaneThe mother
- Mariame Amerou Mohamed DickoNandi at 6 years
- Balla Moussa KeitaTeacher
- Adam RoseKiller Policeman
- Niamanto SanogoRastas' prophet
- Martin Le MaitreCast
- Vusi KuneneCast
- Aïcha Amerou Mohamed DickoCast
Details
- Released
- 7 June 1995
- Original title
- Waati
- Country
- Mali, Burkina Faso, France
- Written by
- Souleymane Cissé
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How long is Time?
Time runs 140 minutes (2h 20m).
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Which OTT platform is Time on?
Time isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 June 1995. (Checked 2 November 2026.)
What movies are like Time?
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Who directed Time?
Time (1995) was directed by Souleymane Cissé and stars Linèo Tsolo, Sidi Yaya Cissé, Eric Miyeni.