Waiting for Happiness

Waiting for Happiness

91 mins | Drama | May 19, 2002

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

Waiting for Happiness

91 mins | Drama | May 19, 2002

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
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers ARTE France Cinéma, Duo Films
Original title Heremakono
Directors Philippe Tourret, Abderrahmane Sissako
Writers Abderrahmane Sissako

Cast

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould

as Abdallah

Nana Diakité

as Nana

Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda

as Soukeyna, the mother

Makanfing Dabo

as Makan

Santha Leng

as Tchu

Baba Ould Mini

as Sidi

Mickaël Onoimweniku

as Mickaël

Jerib Ould Jiddou

as Le chaffeur de taxi

Mohamed Lemine

as Le réparateur électricien

Aminala Tembely

as La petite fille aux tresses