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The President's Cake

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The President's Cake — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • January 22, 2026
  • Runtime
  • 106 min
  • Genres
  • Drama
  • Director
  • Hasan Hadi

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The President's Cake — Cast

Baneen Ahmed Nayyef photo Baneen Ahmed Nayyef Lamia Sajad Mohamad Qasem Saeed Waheed Thabet Khreibat Bibi Rahim AlHaj Jasim Muthanna Malaghi Muthanna Ahmad Qasem Saywan Musa Thaer Salem Majdi Fatima Abouharoon Rahma

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