Waiting for Happiness

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Director :

Abderrahmane Sissako

Stars :

Khatra Ould Abder KaderMaata Ould Mohamed AbeidMohamed Mahmoud OuldNana DiakitéFatimetou Mint AhmedaMakanfing DaboSantha LengBaba Ould MiniMickaël OnoimwenikuDiallo Ibrahima Sory

Genre :

Drama

Release :

2002-05-19

Story :

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.