Adam

Cannes 2019
Un Certain Regard
Toronto IFF
2019
Moroccan Oscar
Entry 2020

Adam

A Film by Maryam Touzani

2019 - Morocco/France - Drama - 1.85 - 98 min.

with Loubna Azabal , Nessrine Erradi & Daoua Belkhaouda

Language: Arabic
Produced by Nabil Ayouch

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 lives.

In Collection:
Cannes 2019
Un Certain Regard
Toronto IFF
2019
Moroccan Oscar
Entry 2020

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