Waiting for Happiness (2002)

  • NR
  • 05/19/2002 (FR)
  • Drama
  • 1h 31m

Overview

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.

Abderrahmane Sissako

Director, Writer

Cast

Khatra Ould Abder Kader's headshot

Khatra Ould Abder Kader

Khatra
Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid's headshot

Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid

Maata
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould's headshot

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould

Abdallah
Nana Diakité's headshot

Nana Diakité

Nana
Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda's headshot

Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda

Soukeyna, the mother
Makanfing Dabo's headshot

Makanfing Dabo

Makan
Santha Leng's headshot

Santha Leng

Tchu
Baba Ould Mini's headshot

Baba Ould Mini

Sidi

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