Adam
Poignant and involving.
Adam
Abla runs a modest local bakery from her home in Casablanca where she lives alone with her 8-year-old daughter Warda. Their routine of housework and homework is interrupted one day by a knock on the door. It is Samia, a young woman looking for a job and a roof over her head. The little girl is immediately taken with the newcomer, but her mother initially refuses to allow a pregnant stranger into their home. Gradually, however, Abla’s resolve softens and Samia’s arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.
Genre
Drama
Web Site
Runtime
98
Language
Arabic
Director
Maryam Touzani
FEATURED REVIEW
Deborah Young, Hollywood Reporter
The beautiful story of two women who transform each other's lives, Maryam Touzani's feature directing bow Adam is a bright addition to Cannes' Un Certain Regard section. With great delicacy, she shows how Moroccan society censures a woman who gives birth outside marriage — not a terribly original ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 3.05.21 - 4.15.21
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