While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, the President requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits
and imagination to gather ingredients and prepare the mandatory cake.
Winner of the Caméra d’Or for best debut film at the Cannes Film Festival and the audience award at the Directors’ Fortnight also at Cannes.
Título original: Mamlaket Al-Qasab
Ano: 2025
Classificação: 14 years
Duração: 102 min.
Gênero: Fiction
País: Iraq, USA, Qatar
Tags: Iraq, USA, Qatar, international film festivals, awarded films, childhood, dictatorship
Cor: Colorido
Direção: Hasan Hadi
Roteiro: Hasan Hadi
Fotografia: Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Montagem: Andu Radu
Elenco: Baneen Ahmed Nayef, Sajad Mohamad Qasem, Waheed Thabet Khreibat, Rahim AlHaj
Produtor: Leah Chen Baker
Produção: TPC Film
Distribuição: Sony Pictures
Edições: 49