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The President's Cake

The President's Cake (2025)★ 7.9/10

PG-13 · IQ,QA,US · 105 min · May 16, 2025

  • Drama

Directed by: Hasan Hadi

Written by: Hasan Hadi

In 1990s Iraq, 9-year-old Lamia must bake the President's birthday cake. She scrambles to find ingredients for this compulsory task while facing potential punishment if she fails.

Directed by

Hasan Hadi

Written by

Hasan Hadi

Cast & crew

Baneen Ahmad NayyefLamiaWaheed Thabet KhreibatBibiSajad Mohamad QasemSaeedMuthanna MalaghiMuthannaAhmad Qasem SaywanMusaMaytham MreidiSaeed's FatherRahim AlHajJasimThaer SalemMajdiAli KhalafClothing SellerFatima AbouharoonRahmaMahmoud Mazen LazenBus Driver's AssistantAqeel WadiPolice Captain's AssistantMohammed RheimehIzzatRokia AlwadiHiyamAli Saddam NajemDrawing OfficerAbdelkarim JasimMalikMohammad QasemTruck DriverRaed Harbi AbdeljalilNurseElaf MohamedSingerAhmed Al-HayaliOud MusicianMohammed ZaidWalnut MusicianAl-Hassan AdnanNay MusicianMohammed AmmarPercussionistAhmad Hameed AhmadWatch SellerHaidar Jamal JaberCake ClerkAqeel Al ShamriFlour WorkerTayseer Ibrahim RadiButcherNadia RashakSaeed's MotherSaddam HusseinSelf - Celebrating his fiftieth birthday (uncredited) (archiveFootage)