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.

• Release date
• May 19, 2002
• Runtime
• 91 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Abderrahmane Sissako

Cast

K

Khatra Ould Abder Kader Khatra

M

Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid Maata

M

Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Abdallah

N

Nana Diakité Nana

F

Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda Soukeyna, the mother

M

Makanfing Dabo Makan

S

Santha Leng Tchu

B

Baba Ould Mini Sidi