Adam (2009 film)

Adam is an 2009 American romantic drama film written and directed by Max Mayer, starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne. The film follows the relationship between a young man named Adam Dancy with Asperger syndrome, and Beth Byrne. Mayer was inspired to write the films script when he heard a radio interview with a man who had Aspergers.

Adam Raki Dancy is a young man, who has Asperger syndrome, living alone in Manhattan after his fathers recent death. He has a friend, Harlan Keyes Frankie Faison, an old army friend of his fathers, who is always there for him. Because of his condition, Adam has difficulty communicating with others and likes to escape into his love of space exploration. His fixation on detail, repetitive behaviors, and mindblindness cost him his job at a toy manufacturing company and nearly get him arrested after he is mistaken for a pedophile. He does not want to leave the apartment he and his father had been living in, but the loss of his job leaves him with an uncertain future, including the problem of continuing to pay the mortgage. Although he has Asperger syndrome and likes to stick to his own routine, avoiding socializing with others, Adam is lonely and wishes things could be different.Beth Buchwald Byrne, a school teacher and aspiring childrens book writer, moves into the apartment above his and they strike up an awkward friendship. One night, Beth is shocked to find him trying to clean her apartment windows suspended from the roof of the building in a spacesuit. ........

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