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.

Cast

Baneen Ahmed Nayyef

as Lamia

Sajad Mohamad Qasem

as Saeed

Waheed Thabet Khreibat

as Bibi

Rahim AlHaj

as Jasim

Muthanna Malaghi

as Muthanna

Ahmad Qasem Saywan

as Musa

Thaer Salem

as Majdi

Fatima Abouharoon

as Rahma

Mohammed Rheimeh

as Izzat

Rokia Alwadi

as Hiyam

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