Adam
Un Certain Regard
2019
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.
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Un Certain Regard
2019
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