Adam

Quiet, intimate and tender, it unfolds slowly in a warm domestic space, letting small gestures and silences carry the weight.

Directed by

Maryam Touzani

Genres

Drama

Starring

Lubna Azabal, Nisrin Erradi, Douae Belkhaouda

Overview

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.

How it feels

Warm, melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Found family, parenthood, isolation, identity

Content

Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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