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Waiting for Happiness (2002)
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako
Drama · 1h 31m
Before immigrating to the West, Abdallah travels to the coastal city of Nouadhibou, Mauritania, to visit his mother. Although he grew up there, Abdallah feels anything but at home in his old neighborhood: he can no longer speak the local dialect and he wears western clothes that immediately cast him as an outsider. But, as Abdallah spends time with a young boy and an elderly electrician, he can't help but feel a sense of loss for the life he's abandoning.
Cast
K
Khatra Ould Abder Kader
Khatra
M
Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid
Maata
M
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
Abdallah
N
Nana Diakité
Nana
F
Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Soukeyna, the mother
M
Makanfing Dabo
Makan
S
Santha Leng
Tchu
B
Baba Ould Mini
Sidi
M
Mickaël Onoimweniku
Mickaël
D
Diallo Ibrahima Sory
Diallo
C
Cheick Oumar Tembely
Omar
J
Jerib Ould Jiddou
Le chaffeur de taxi
Crew
- Director
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Writer
- Abderrahmane Sissako
- Director of Photography
- Jacques Besse
- Editor
- Nadia ben Rachid
- Producer
- Nicolas Royer, Maji-da Abdi
Details
- Original title
- Heremakono
- Release date
- 2002-05-19
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French
- Countries
- Mauritania, France
- Production
- Duo Films, ARTE France Cinéma, Hubert Bals Fund
- Box office
- $7,406