A poetic reflection on themes of exile, travel, home and displacement.
VARIETY

Though talk in the film often turns to death, Khatra’s enthusiasm and love of life keep the movie surprisingly upbeat.
DETROIT FREE PRESS

Pretty and it’s exotic
FILM CRITIC

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.
NEW YORK TIMES

SUBLIME
FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

Abderrahmane Sissako’s Heremakono (Waiting for Happiness) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences.
SLANT

The title perfectly captures the mood of this striking film.
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