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Waiting for Happiness (2002)

Waiting for Happiness (2002)

Drama
Release Date: 2002, May 19
Directors: Abderrahmane Sissako
Countries: France, Mauritania
Production: Duo Films, ARTE France Cinéma
Cast: Santha Leng, Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould, Nana Diakité, Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda, Makanfing Dabo, Baba Ould Mini, Mickaël Onoimweniku, Diallo Ibrahima Sory, Cheick Oumar Tembely, Jerib Ould Jiddou

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.

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