The President's Cake
100
In 1990s Iraq, a 9-year-old girl must gather ingredients for a mandatory birthday cake for Saddam Hussein amid wartime scarcity.
Why watch: A child bakes for a dictator. Devastating.
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Cast
Baneen Ahmed Nayyef as Lamia
Sajad Mohamad Qasem as Saeed
Waheed Thabet Khreibat as Bibi
Rahim AlHaj as Jasim
Muthanna Malaghi as Muthanna
Ahmad Qasem Saywan as Musa
Thaer Salem as Majdi
Fatima Abouharoon as Rahma
Mohammed Rheimeh as Izzat
Rokia Alwadi as Hiyam
Abdelkarim Jasim as Malik
Maytham Mreidi as Saeed's Father
Nadia Rashak as Saeed's Mother
Ali Khalaf as Clothing Seller
Mahmoud Mazen Lazen as Bus Driver's Assistant
Crew
Hasan Hadi — Director
Hasan Hadi — Writer
Leah Chen Baker — Producer
Eric Roth — Executive Producer
Marielle Heller — Executive Producer
Yanal Kassay — Co-Producer
Robina Riccitiello — Executive Producer
Josh Peters — Executive Producer
Eleanor Columbus — Executive Producer
Chris Columbus — Executive Producer
Chris Stolte — Executive Producer
Heidi Stolte — Executive Producer
Peter Richards — Executive Producer
Donna Gruneich — Executive Producer
Kevin Gruneich — Executive Producer
Julia Woolley Chatwin — Executive Producer
Naia Cucukov — Executive Producer
Jonathan Gardner — Executive Producer
Veronica C. Baker — Executive Producer
Kareem Mortimer — Executive Producer
Huda Abbood Al-Radhi — Executive Producer
Ali Hadi Al-Musawi — Executive Producer
Haider Ibrahim — Co-Producer
Tudor Vladimir Panduru — Director of Photography
Andu Radu — Editor
Anamaria Țecu — Production Design
Luca Bucura — Art Direction
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