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Release Date:
May 19, 2002
Original Title:
Heremakono
Alternate Titles:
En attendant le bonheur
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
ARTE France Cinéma
Duo Films
Production Countries:
France | Mauritania
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 91
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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Assistant Director:
Philippe Tourret
Costume Design:
Maji-da Abdi
Director:
Abderrahmane Sissako
Director of Photography:
Jacques Besse
Editor:
Nadia ben Rachid
Executive Producer:
Guillaume de Seille
Music:
Oumou Sangaré
Producer:
Nicolas Royer
Maji-da Abdi
Production Design:
Laurent Cavero
Joseph Kpobly
Production Manager:
Jean-Bernard Marinot
Sound:
Alioune Mbow
Antoine Ouvrier
Sound Editor:
Emmanuel Soland
Sound Mixer:
Laurent Dreyer
Writer:
Abderrahmane Sissako
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