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Production
The fifth film of Sissako was inspired by the true story of a young, unmarried couple who were stoned by Islams in the northern region of Mali that was known as Aguel'hoc. During the summer of 2012, the couple was taken to the center of their village, placed in two holes that had been dug in the ground, and were stoned to death in front of hundreds of witnesses, , ,.

According to the journalist Nicolas Beau, Sissako wanted to shoot a film on the bondage in Mauritania, denying his president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. Sissako then accepted the shooting of a film on the jihadists, with the support of the Mauritanian regime that supplied finances and actors.

A little before the opening of the film in Cannes in 2014, Abderrahmane Sissako set off again to Tombouctou with a small team to add some scenes at the last minute.