The President's Cake (12A)
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8 Nov - 8 Nov
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Sun 08 Nov 6:45 PM
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Hasan Hadi | Iraq | 2025 | 106'
It’s early 1990s, and Iraq is under a wave of crippling sanctions in the wake of Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait. With the economy in tatters, the Iraqi population are plunged into bottomless poverty. Yet Saddam remains steadfast in conducting lavish celebrations for his birthday, including mandatory birthday cakes to be baked by school students
When young Lamia falls victim to a class cake draw, she embarks on a hazardous odyssey to search for the basic ingredients, once common but now a scarce luxury. At once road movie, magic realist fable and an incisive portrait of time and place, Iraqi first-time writer-director Hasan Hadi draws on childhood memories in his striking, deeply moving feature, winner of the Caméra d’Or for best first film at Cannes in 2025.