Film

The President’s Cake

Name: The President’s Cake
Director: Hasan Hadi
Released: 2025-01-01
Duration: 103 min

Hasan Hadi

Year: 2025
Runtime: 1h 43m
Original Title: The President's Cake
Classification: M/12
Genre: Drama
Language: Arabic
Countries: Iraq, Qatar and United States

In 1990s Iraq, Lamia, a nine-year-old girl, is chosen to bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake. With few resources and under pressure, she uses her imagination to gather the ingredients and avoid the consequences.