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The President's Cake

Hasan Hadi
RELEASE Thu 14 May
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 6
  • Content rating: Violence

While the people of Iraq in the 1990s struggle to survive amid war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein demands that every school in the country bake a cake to celebrate his birthday.

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The 9-year-old Lamia is given the task of bringing a cake to school for the mandatory birthday celebration of the president. Against a backdrop of crippling poverty and food shortages, she travels from the countryside to the city, desperately searching for the necessary ingredients.

The President's Cake
Direction
Hasan Hadi
Cast
Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj
Duration
106 min
RELEASE
Thu 14 May
Year
2025
Country
Iraq
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
Dutch
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 6
  • Content rating: Violence

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