Adam is a 2019 Moroccan drama film directed by Maryam Touzani. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
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Plot
The film focuses on Samia, a young unwed pregnant mother who goes looking for work and is taken in by a widowed baker, Abla, in Casablanca. The film was inspired by a similar situation Touzani experienced where her parents sheltered a heavily pregnant woman in Tangier for several days during a time when being an unwed pregnant woman was illegal in Morocco.
Cast
Lubna Azabal as Abla
Nissrine Erradi as Samia
Douae Belkhaouda as Warda
Aziz Hattab as Slimani
Hasnaa Tamtaoui as Rkia
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 87% based on reviews from 23 critics, with an average rating of 6.6/10.
