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Waiting for Happiness
Directed by
Abderrahmane Sissako
2002
1h 31m
Drama
,
Music
6.6
78%
52%
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The story of two people who cross paths in Nouhadhibou.
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Cast of Waiting for Happiness
Khatra Ould Abder Kader
Khatra
Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid
Maata
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
Abdallah
Nana Diakité
Nana
Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
Soukeyna, the mother
Makanfing Dabo
Makan
Santha Leng
Tchu
Baba Ould Mini
Sidi
Mickaël Onoimweniku
Mickaël
Diallo Ibrahima Sory
Diallo
Cheick Oumar Tembely
Omar
Jerib Ould Jiddou
Le chaffeur de taxi
Mohamed Salem Ould Dendou
Le docteur
Mohamed Lemine
Le réparateur électricien
Aminala Tembely
La petite fille aux tresses
Waiting for Happiness Ratings & Reviews
Detroit Free Press
John Monaghan
Though talk in the film often turns to death, Khatra's enthusiasm and love of life keep the movie surprisingly upbeat.
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The title perfectly captures the mood of this striking film.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Strikingly beautiful visual mood piece that resembles in many ways the refreshing intensity of an Ozu family drama.
New York Times
Elvis Mitchell
Takes you by the face, strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you: slow down, shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy, distracted rhythms.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
A moving picture that does not move.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Manages to delight without much of a story.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
pretty and it's exotic, but that's all it is.
MovieMartyr.com
Jeremy Heilman
Once the audience figure out what's being said, the filmmaker's relative passivity will make it tough for them to really care.
All Movie Guide
Josh Ralske
Sissako's slender narrative takes its time reaching its ambiguous conclusion.
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
The beautiful, unusual music is this film's chief draw, but its dreaminess may lull you to sleep.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Abderrahmane Sissako's Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences.
The Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
A film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms, Waiting for Happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact.
World Socialist Web Site
David Walsh
The film depicts the economic desperation in an objective and honest fashion. Our heartstrings are not plucked, nor are the intractable conditions minimized.
Film Journal International
Maria Garcia
Sublime.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
A spellbinding African film about the modern condition of rootlessness, a state experienced by millions around the globe.
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