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Waiting for Happiness

64 %|May 19, 2002|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Abderrahmane Sissako
Director
Jacques Besse
Director of Photography
Oumou Sangaré
Music
Maji-da Abdi
Producer
Guillaume de Seille
Executive Producer
Nicolas Royer
Producer
Nadia ben Rachid
Editor
Laurent Cavero
Production Design