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.
Khatra Ould Abder Kader
as Khatra
Maata Ould Mohamed Abeid
as Maata
Mohamed Mahmoud Ould
as Abdallah
Nana Diakité
as Nana
Fatimetou Mint Ahmeda
as Soukeyna, the mother
Makanfing Dabo
as Makan
Santha Leng
as Tchu
Baba Ould Mini
as Sidi
Mickaël Onoimweniku
as Mickaël
Diallo Ibrahima Sory
as Diallo
Cheick Oumar Tembely
as Omar
Jerib Ould Jiddou
as Le chaffeur de taxi