Set in early ’90s Iraq during Saddam Hussein’s rule, “The President’s Cake” reveals not only corruption but also kindness and fortitude.
Nine-year-old Lamia is obliged by her school to make a birthday cake for the Iraqi president, and meets a series of vivid characters as she shops for sanctioned ingredients ...
Warm, funny and heartbreaking, The President’s Cake tells the story of a brutal ruler and a girl forced to make him a present in a time of sanctions-induced hardship. Its Iraqi director Hasan Hadi rem ...