On February 5th Adam, a first feature by Moroccan actress, director and screenwriter Maryam Touzani, was released in French cinemas. Her film has already been noticed in various festivals – at Cannes in two categories, Un certain regard and the Queer Palm, then later at the Angoulême French-language film festival.
Maryam Touzani uses her camera to tell the story of Abla: In the Medina of Casablanca, a widow and mother of an 8-year-old girl runs a Moroccan pastry shop. When a pregnant young woman, Samia, knocks on her door, Abla has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A chance meeting of fate, two women on the run, and a path to the essence of life.
Having made a film about the place given to women in mourning (Quand ils dorment 2011), then one about prostitution (Much Loved 2014) and then one about the exploitation of young children (Aya va à la plage 2015), Maryam Touzani continues to make films about the often hidden areas of women’s lives. She highlights a whole situation by looking at one character – in this story she shows us what single mothers have to endure in a country which condemns abortion and sex outside marriage. The friendship between Abla and Samia, at the heart of the work, allows them to tolerate a society which judges them.
Sources :
http://www.allocine.fr
https://www.jeuneafrique.com
https://madame.lefigaro.fr
Other articles about Morocco
