Waiting for Happiness (2002)
2002 · 1h 31m · Drama
Genres: 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…
Director: Abderrahmane Sissako
Writers: Abderrahmane Sissako
Music by: Oumou Sangaré
Cinematography: Jacques Besse
Editor: Nadia ben Rachid
Cast
Khatra Ould Abder Kader as KhatraMaata Ould Mohamed Abeid as MaataMohamed Mahmoud Ould as AbdallahNana Diakité as NanaFatimetou Mint Ahmeda as Soukeyna, the motherMakanfing Dabo as MakanSantha Leng as TchuBaba Ould Mini as SidiMickaël Onoimweniku as MickaëlDiallo Ibrahima Sory as DialloCheick Oumar Tembely as OmarJerib Ould Jiddou as Le chaffeur de taxiMore like this
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