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    In Cannes Premiere ‘The President’s Cake,’ a 9-Yr-Outdated Is Compelled to Tribute Saddam Hussein on His Birthday — Watch Clip

    David GroveBy David GroveMay 15, 20254 Mins Read
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    In Cannes Premiere ‘The President’s Cake,’ a 9-Yr-Outdated Is Compelled to Tribute Saddam Hussein on His Birthday — Watch Clip
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    Iraqi author/director Hasan Hadi finds a most uncommon method into the story of Saddam Hussein, who served as president of his nation till the U.S. invasion in 2003 overthrew his reign, which was marked by terror and tyranny.

    In Hadi’s movie “The President’s Cake,” the story is informed through a nine-year-old lady, Lamia (Banin Ahmad Nayef), who’s compelled, as a part of a ritualistic college celebration of their Iraqi president, to arrange him a cake. “The President’s Cake” premieres in Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight this Friday, Might 16, and is in search of distributors all over the world. IndieWire shares a clip under.

    Right here’s the official synopsis: “Whereas individuals throughout Nineties Iraq wrestle to outlive the battle and meals shortages, Saddam Hussein requires every college within the nation to arrange a cake to rejoice his birthday. Regardless of her efforts to keep away from getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen amongst her classmates. The younger lady should now use her wits and creativeness to collect elements for the obligatory cake or face the implications.”

    Christopher McQuarrie and Tom Cruise attend the 'Mission Impossible - The Final Reckoning' photocall at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14, 2025 in Cannes, France.
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    The movie counts amongst its govt producers “Forrest Gump” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” author Eric Roth, in addition to “The Diary of a Teenage Woman” and “Nightbitch” director Marielle Heller. IndieWire has heard from them each about their ideas on the movie.

    “I believed it was flawless! Greater than I might have imagined it will be. Quiet and true. It jogged my memory of the good Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray’s movies. It’s actually one thing fantastic,” Eric Roth stated in an announcement shared with IndieWire. Heller added, “It’s a masterpiece.”

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    Hadi arrives on the filmmaking scene as a 2022 Sundance Lab Fellow and recipient of many different grants; he grew up in southern Iraq, throughout wartime, and through the years labored in journalism, manufacturing, and as an adjunct professor at NYU’s Graduate Movie Program. “The President’s Cake” is his characteristic debut.

    “That is the primary Iraqi movie to deal with this historic interval. It was essential to make the Nineties look genuine and real looking, so we shot in actual historic places,” Hadi stated in a press assertion. The story additionally comes from his personal experiences rising up in Iraq.

    “The story comes from my childhood recollections rising up in Iraq throughout Saddam’s time,” he stated. “Yearly, our trainer would stroll in with a bowl and ask us to throw our names into it. He would then draw the identify of the scholar answerable for baking the president’s birthday cake and offering different gadgets—fruits, decorations, cleansing provides, and flowers. One yr, I used to be picked to be the flower boy. I nonetheless have the picture of me holding the flowers someplace in my library, and I bear in mind my household’s aid as a result of all I needed to deliver was flowers. After all, on the time, sanctions had made corruption so widespread that you may escape the draw if you happen to supplied the trainer a service — fixing his bike, giving him a haircut. Then you definately’d survive. However if you happen to couldn’t, your probabilities had been slim.”

    He added, “Though the subject material may be very tempting and invitations turning this movie right into a political piece, that’s not what I do or am even occupied with doing. I’m occupied with real human feelings, struggles, connections, and tales. On this movie, I attempted to keep away from something overtly political and was very a lot occupied with exhibiting genuine characters and a interval of Iraq that has by no means been depicted earlier than.”

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    Watch a clip from the Cannes premiere under.

    “The President’s Cake” premieres Friday, Might 16 in Cannes Administrators’ Fortnight. UTA and WME are dealing with North American gross sales. Movies Boutique handles worldwide gross sales.



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