The President's Cake

While people across 1990’s Iraq struggle to survive, 9-year-old Lamia has been selected to prepare a cake to celebrate the President’s birthday. In a landscape of fear and scarcity, where basic ingredients are nearly impossible to find, Lamia sets out on a determined journey throughout the big city in search of eggs, flour, and sugar. Accompanied by her grandmother, her loyal friend Saeed, and her pet rooster Hindi, she navigates vendors and police officers along the way.

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

106 min

Actor:

Baneen Ahmed Nayyef , Sajad Mohamad Qasem , Waheed Thabet Khreibat

Quality:

HD

Director:

Hasan Hadi

Release:

2026

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

7.4