Adam

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Adam

Released Mar 5, 2021

1h 38m

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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, Alba's resolve softens and Samia's arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.

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Carlos Aguilar

Los Angeles Times

Subtly moving, "Adam" is a beautiful expression of untainted sorority.

Mar 6, 2021

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Certain stylistic choices - a muted palette, the absence of a melodramatic score, hand-held camerawork - help temper sentimentality with verisimilitude.

Mar 4, 2021

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

Despite the familiarity of the premise, there is something instantly appealing about Adam -- and about Touzani's style, which is plain without being artless.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 9, 2020

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

The purpose of this rattling naturalism that brings fore two worlds in painful resistance, is to point out our inaction and our indifference at the normalization of this type of abuse. [Full review in Spanish]

Jun 1, 2022

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Joseph Fahim

Middle East Eye

The colourful setting of the working-class neighbourhood is also never fully brought out. It's a straightforward approach that, while it does not divert attention from the characters, ultimately feels dull.

Jul 3, 2021

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Awfully low-key, to a degree that undercuts its final emotional impact. Still, the performances are solid, and the film conveys a strong sense of what it is like to be an independent woman "without a man" in the culture portrayed here...

Mar 5, 2021

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Viryabodhi S

This was a very beautiful and deliciously slow film. Understated and very human. I like the way the camera moves, handheld and close and intimate. Deeply tragic and also deeply human and good.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/20/23

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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, Alba's resolve softens and Samia's arrival begins to offer all of them the prospect of a new life.

Director: Maryam Touzani
Producer: Nabil Ayouch
Screenwriter: Maryam Touzani, Nabil Ayouch
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Artémis Productions, Les Films du Nouveau Monde, Ali n' Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Arabic
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 5, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2021
Runtime: 1h 38m

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