2025 | USA, Iraq, Qatar | M | 103mins | Arabic with English Subtitles.
WINNER – 2025 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL – People's Choice Audience Award
A young girl is tasked with baking a cake to celebrate Saddam Hussein’s birthday in this playful fable that won two awards at Cannes including the Caméra d’Or.
In 1990, nine-year-old Lamia lives with her grandmother Bibi and her beloved cockerel Hindi in Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes. Harsh international sanctions have sent basic living costs skyrocketing; but even though his people are hungry, Iraqi president Saddam Hussein still demands that the nation celebrate his birthday, replete with a lavish cake. Assigned to bake such a cake for her local school – with severe consequences on offer if she fails – Lamia teams up with her pal Saeed to undertake an odyssey of procuring flour, eggs and sugar in a place where they’re in desperately short supply.
Website: The Presidents Cake Movie | Official Website | Sony Pictures Classics
Official Trailer: Bing Videos
The President's Cake | Rotten Tomatoes
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