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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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Format:
Video
Contributor:
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, editor.
Besse, Jacques, director of photography.
ARTE France, producer.
Duo Films, producer.
New Yorker Video (Firm), producer.
Language:
Arabic
English
French
Subjects (All):
Mauritanians.
Education--Social aspects.
Male college students--Attitudes.
Male college students.
Nouadhibou (Mauritania)--Social life and customs--Drama.
Nouadhibou (Mauritania).
Male college students--Attitudes--Drama.
Alienation (Social psychology)--Drama.
Alienation (Social psychology).
Europe.
Education--Social aspects--Drama.
Education.
Mauritanians--Europe--Drama.
Manners and customs.
Mauritania--Nouadhibou.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Comedy films.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
polychrome
Edition:
Widescreen, letterboxed.
Other Title:
English title from menu: Waiting for happiness
En attendant le bonheur
Place of Publication:
[United States] : New Yorker Video, 2007.
Language Note:
French or Hassanya Arabic dialogue with optional English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 2.0 ; enhanced for 16/9 televisions ; compatible 4/3.
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby digital 2.0
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Summary:
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 stranger to his own community and language, the young man tries to absorb as much local color (literally and figuratively) before embarking for Europe.
Participant:
Khatra Ould Abdel Kader, Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid, Mohamed Mahoud Ould Mohamed.
Credits:
Editor, Nadia Ben Rachid ; cinematography, Jacques Besse.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Interview with the director; theatrical trailer; director's notes and bio; liner notes (with an essay by Jared Rapfogel).
ISBN:
1567304575
9781567304572
OCLC:
128324842
Publisher Number:
717119876746
NYD87607 New Yorker Video

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