Waiting for Happiness
2002, NR, 95 min.
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako, Starring Khatra Ould Abder Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamed.
While revisiting his hometown in a small Mauritanian coastal village, a man reflects on belonging, modernity, and exile amid a torrent of images that are rich in cultural specificity.
This article appears in October 6 • 2006.
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