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The President's Cake
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- Drama
- History
Overview
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.
Keywords
- thoughtful
- tragic
- depressing
- 1990s
- loss of family
- saddam hussein
- dictatorship
- birthday cake
- counterfeit money
- police arrest
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 22, 2026
- Original language
- Arabic
- Spoken languages
- arabic
- Countries
- United States of America, Iraq, Qatar
- Production
- Maiden Voyage Pictures,Spark Features,Working Barn Productions,Missing Piece Films,Maiden Voyage Pictures, Missing Piece Films, Spark Features, Working Barn Productions
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- $4,084
- IMDb
- tt36580119