EIN KUCHEN FÜR DEN PRÄSIDENTEN

Feature film - IRQ, US, QA 2025 - 102' - OmU

Director: Hasan Hadi

You don't want to win this lottery. In an elementary school, nine-year-old Lamia is drawn by lot to bake a birthday cake - not for just anyone, but for Saddam Hussein. It is the 1990s in Iraq and the dictator is still firmly in the saddle despite various sanctions. But where do you get the ingredients when you barely have enough to feed yourself? What a movie debut! From the very first shot, Hasan Hadi draws us into an epic story about a seemingly everyday task with spectacular images. Winner of the Golden Camera in Cannes.

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