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Feb 6 • 04:30 UTC • 🇪🇸 Spain • El País

'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.

#iraq #saddam hussein #gulf war #cinema #drama

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