Mauritania1 Essential Film from MauritaniaStop 1 of 1

Waiting for Happiness

Name: Waiting for Happiness
Released: 2002

Heremakono

2002

A young man passing through a Mauritanian coastal town to visit his mother before emigrating to Europe feels like a stranger in the place he grew up, unable even to speak the local language, as small lives drift around him. Abderrahmane Sissako's luminous, contemplative drama.

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Part of 1 Essential Film from Mauritania

This film is stop 1 of 1 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Mauritania. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Mauritania in the 196 country film challenge.