Waiting for Happiness

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.

Country:

Mauritania,

France

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

91 minutes

Year:

2002

Director:

Abderrahmane Sissako

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Company:

Duo Films,

ARTE France Cinéma

Cast:

Khatra

Maata

Abdallah

Nana

Soukeyna, the mother

Crew:

Director

Director of Photography

Music

Producer

Executive Producer