Critique of 'The President's Cake' (***): Flour, eggs, yeast, sugar and other admirable ingredients
The article reviews 'The President's Cake', highlighting its profound simplicity and authenticity in storytelling.
Growing up and making cinema in Saddam Hussein's Iraq: 'International sanctions destroyed us, they never affect dictators but their people'
Iraqi director Hasan Hadi discusses the impact of international sanctions on Iraqi society through his film 'The President's Cake', which portrays a girl's struggle to bake a cake for Saddam Hussein's birthday amidst difficulties.
'The President's Cake': A Tale from Baghdad Under the Carpet of History
This Iraqi social drama, winner of the Golden Camera at Cannes, follows a girl's quest for ingredients to bake a commemorative cake for Saddam Hussein against the backdrop of the Gulf War.