The film 'Adam' is primarily about agency, not about two women. Abla and Samia are two metaphors that stand for all women who, due to circumstances, end up on the fringes of society, whether Morocco or elsewhere. . As women, they are allowed to work but cannot decide on their own lives. In the film they are opposites, but therefore serve each other as a sounding board. Filmed in a warm colour palette, they explore possibilities and choices. In the end, it becomes clear that there is no freedom of choice within the social straitjacket in which they live. Not through dialogue, but through image and editing you as a viewer are drawn into their dilemma, almost certain of a sunny future. The end then comes crushingly, like a jaw blow, cinematically beautifully announced by a new dawning day, but now brought in cold blue and white morning light. A color contrast choice that speaks volumes. You know what's about to happen. The opening scene in the film falls into place and completes the circle. In essence, this film is even more hopeless than ' Dylda' (Beanpole-Balagov). A grand debut and cinematically excellently worked out. To follow up.
Review of Adam
