Waiting for Happiness

Waiting for Happiness

6.4

May 19 2002

2h 31m

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.

Khatra Ould Abder Kader

Khatra Ould Abder Kader

Khatra

Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid

Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid

Maata

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould

Abdallah

Nana Diakité

Nana Diakité

Nana

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