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.
Top Billed Cast
Khatra Ould Abder Kader
Khatra
Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid
Maata
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
Abdallah
Nana Diakité
Nana
Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Soukeyna, the mother
Featured Crew
Abderrahmane Sissako
Director
Jean-Bernard Marinot
Production Manager
Emmanuel Soland
Sound Editor
Philippe Tourret
Assistant Director
Guillaume de Seille
Executive Producer
Nicolas Royer
Producer
Alioune Mbow
Sound
Oumou Sangaré
Music
Nadia ben Rachid
Editor
Laurent Dreyer
Sound Mixer
Jacques Besse
Director of Photography
Laurent Cavero
Production Design
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