Waiting for Happiness

    Waiting for Happiness
    2002

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Khatra Ould Abder KaderKhatra
    • Maata Ould Mohamed AbeidMaata
    • Mohamed Mahmoud OuldAbdallah
    • Nana DiakitéNana
    • Fatimetou Mint AhmedaSoukeyna, the mother
    • Makanfing DaboMakan
    • Santha LengTchu
    • Baba Ould MiniSidi
    • Mickaël OnoimwenikuMickaël
    • Diallo Ibrahima SoryDiallo

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