Adam(Movie, 2009)

Adam is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Max Mayer and starring Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne. The film follows the relationship between a young autistic man named Adam (Dancy), and Beth (Byrne). Mayer was inspired to write the film's script when he heard a radio interview with a man who had Autism Spectrum Disorder. Filming took place in New York City in December 2005. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2009. The release date in Canada and the UK was 7 August 2009 in Australia, and everywhere else after Labor Day. ()