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Waiting for Happiness

6.5(30)20021h 31m2

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$7.4K
Language
Arabic
  • north africa
  • african customs

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Mauritania, France

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 2002

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Waiting for Happiness was released on 19 May 2002.

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