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Adam (2019 Moroccan film)

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Adam (2019 Moroccan film)
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Adam is a 2019 Moroccan drama film directed by Maryam Touzani.[1] It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3] It was selected as the Moroccan entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[4][5]

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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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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References

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