''Adam's Wall'' is a 2008 Canadian

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directed by Michael Mackenzie, who also co-wrote the film with Dana Schoel and produced by

Ziad Touma Ziad Touma is a Lebanese Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1974 and residing in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is the founder of the film, television and digital media production company Couzin Films . ...

of Couzin Films and by Olivier Sirois. The film's original music is composed by

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. The film was released in

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on October 17, 2008. The film stars

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as Adam Levy,

Flavia Bechara Flavia Bechara is a Lebanese actress who has starred in the films '' The Kite'' and '' Adam's Wall''. In ''The Kite'' ( French: ''Le Cerf-volant'', Arabic: ''Tayyara men wara'' — طيّارة من ورق), a 2003 Lebanese film by the dire ...

as Yasmine Gibran,

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as Najeeb Gibran,

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as Rabbi Levy,

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as Mostafa and

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as Christine. Younger Adam is played by Kyler Nesrallah.

Synopsis

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, Adam Levy, a

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teenager, falls in love with Yasmine Gibran, a Lebanese girl… On his way to audition for music school, Adam meets Yasmine, who is participating in a student protest. When the demonstration gets out of hand, they are thrown together in the rush to evacuate the school. He might have missed his audition, but instead he's met the girl of his dreams! Adam, handsome and shy, and Yasmine, exquisite and passionate, are instantly drawn to one another. Their love grows, but complications arise. Adam fears that his

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grandfather, who he's lived with since his parents were killed in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, will stop at nothing to end his relationship with "the Arab girl". The renewed conflict in the

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feels closer and closer to home, as Yasmine's life dives into a tailspin when she learns that her mother has gone missing in bombarded

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. The young lovers' fight to stay together proves more difficult by the day. The deeper they fall for each other, the more their families feel betrayed.

Cast

References

*Information provided by Couzin Films production company, October 2008

External links

Official film website
* {{IMDb title, id=1031212, title=Adam's Wall
Couzin Films website (producer)
2008 films English-language Canadian films 2000s English-language films Canadian romantic drama films Quebec films 2008 romantic drama films Films set in Montreal Films shot in Montreal 2000s Canadian films