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    Waiting for Happiness

    91'

    2002-05-19

    6.5

    Drama

    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.

    DirectingAbderrahmane SissakoWritingAbderrahmane Sissako

    Cast

    1

    Khatra

    Khatra Ould Abder Kader

    1

    Maata

    Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid

    1

    Abdallah

    Mohamed Mahmoud Ould

    1

    Nana

    Nana Diakité

    1

    Soukeyna, the mother

    Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda

    1

    Makan

    Makanfing Dabo

    1

    Tchu

    Santha Leng

    1

    Sidi

    Baba Ould Mini

    1

    Mickaël

    Mickaël Onoimweniku

    1

    Diallo

    Diallo Ibrahima Sory

    1

    Omar

    Cheick Oumar Tembely

    1

    Le chaffeur de taxi

    Jerib Ould Jiddou

    1

    Le docteur

    Salem Dendou

    1

    Le réparateur électricien

    Mohamed Lemine

    1

    La petite fille aux tresses

    Aminala Tembely

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 7406
    • List of countries:
      1. Mauritania
      2. France
    • List of languages:
      1. Arabic
      2. French
    • List of companies:
      1. Duo Films
      2. ARTE France Cinéma
      3. Hubert Bals Fund
    • Vote Count: 30
    • Popularity: 0.7626
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Heremakono

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