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Songs of Adam

Once upon a time in Mesoptamia

7.0(1)20241h 33m1

The year is 1946. Under the strict orders of their father, Adam drags his younger brother Ali to witness their grandfather's corpse get washed before burial. Their cousin Iman, their constant playmate, is excluded from the ritual because she is a girl. The sight of the corpse has a profound effect on Adam; he announces that he doesn’t want to grow up and, from that moment on, he stops aging. As the years pass, the villagers come to believe Adam is cursed, while his brother, grappling with his own aging, feels Adam should be institutionalized. Only Iman and Anki, a shepherd and Adam’s lifelong best friend, see his condition as a blessing, preserving in him the pure, innocent goodness of a child. A haunting and beautiful story set against the oases and dust storms of Iraq.

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Released
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Language
Arabic

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Director

Oday Rasheed

Produced in

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Netherlands, United States of America

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • PremiereLyon Festival Cinémas du Sud23 Apr 2025
  • Saudi ArabiaSA

    • PremiereRed Sea International Film Festival10 Dec 2024

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Songs of Adam was released on 10 December 2024.

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