Adam

Oct 18, 2019

1h 38m

★ 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

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Cast

Abla

Lubna Azabal

Samia

Nisrin Erradi

Warda

Douae Belkhaouda

Slimani

Aziz Hattab

Rkia

Hasna Tamtaoui

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