Heremakono : en attendant le bonheur / ARTE France présente une coproduction ARTE France, Duo Films ; un film de Abderrahmane Sissako ; scénario et réalisation, Abderrahmane Sissako ; direction de production, Nicolas Royer, Maji-Da Abdi.

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This hypnotic tone poem confirms Sissako's talent for capturing the essence of a place through evocative imagery, Tatiesque comedy, and close observation of everyday life. Abdallah returns to his homeland, a seaside town of Nouadhibou in Mauritania, for an indeterminate amount of time. Now a strange...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	ARTE France Duo Films New Yorker Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Sissako, Abderrahmane (Screenwriter, Director) Royer, Nicolas (Producer) Maji-Da Abdi (Producer) Ould Abdel Kader, Khatra (Actor) Ould Mohamed Abeid, Maata (Actor) Ould Mohamed, Mohamed Mahoud (Actor) Ben Rachid, Nadia (Film editor) Besse, Jacques (Cinematographer)
Language:	French Arabic English
Language of the Original:	French
Language and/or Writing System:	French or Hassanya Arabic dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[United States] : New Yorker Video, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:	Widescreen, letterboxed.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Nouadhibou (Mauritania) > Social life and customs > Drama. Europe. Mauritania > Nouadhibou. Male college students > Attitudes > Drama. Alienation (Social psychology) > Drama. Education > Social aspects > Drama. Mauritanians > Europe > Drama. Alienation (Social psychology) Education > Social aspects. Male college students > Attitudes. Manners and customs. Mauritanians. Feature films. Feature films > France. Feature films > Mauritania. Comedy films. Comedy films > France. Comedy films > Mauritania. Fiction films. Foreign films. Motion pictures > France. Motion pictures > Mauritania. French language films. Hassaniyya dialect films. Arabic language films. Films for the hearing impaired. Drama.
Genre:	Drama. Feature films. Feature films Comedy films. Comedy films Fiction films. Foreign films. Motion pictures French language films. Hassaniyya dialect films. Arabic language films. Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:	Waiting for happiness. En attendant le bonheur.
Format:	Video DVD

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