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Adam
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Adam

Oct 18, 2019
1h 36m
★ 6.9

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Ali'n Productions
Les Films du Nouveau Monde
Artémis Productions

Cast

Lubna Azabal

Abla

Lubna Azabal

Nisrin Erradi

Samia

Nisrin Erradi

Douae Belkhaouda

Warda

Douae Belkhaouda

Aziz Hattab

Slimani

Aziz Hattab

Hasna Tamtaoui

Rkia

Hasna Tamtaoui

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