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Directed by Hasan Hadi
Iran | 2025
Cast: Baneen Ahmad Nayyef, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Set in 1990s Iraq during the rule of Saddam Hussein, The President’s Cake is a poignant coming-of-age drama that explores life under an oppressive regime. Nine-year-old Lamia is tasked with an impossible challenge: baking a birthday cake for the president despite widespread poverty, food shortages and economic hardship. As she searches desperately for the necessary ingredients, Lamia’s journey reveals the daily struggles, quiet resilience and enduring humanity of ordinary people living in difficult circumstances.
Directed by Hasan Hadi, The President’s Cake offers a moving and compassionate portrait of childhood, survival and hope in the face of adversity.
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