Film "The President's Cake (VOSE)"

Description

The President's Cake (VOSE)
"Mamlaket al-qasab" / Iraq: 2025 / Director: Hasan Hadi / Cast: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj / Drama / 105 min / Original version in Iraqi with Spanish subtitles / Not recommended for children under 7.

Synopsis:

Iraq, 1990s. Little Lamia is tasked with baking a cake for President Saddam Hussein's birthday. Accompanied by her friend Saeed and with her rooster Hindi in tow, she travels through Baghdad in search of the ingredients, experiencing a series of adventures that will completely change her daily life.

The critics say:

"Hadi understands the importance of being the first to offer an insider's perspective, as authentic as it is honest, and he responds by stripping away all the trappings, lightening the film until it becomes a fable as charming as it is transparent." —Philipp Engel, Cinemanía