The President's Cake (2025)
Critics Score
🎬 99%
(RT: 99%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Banin Ahmad Nayef 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
Is The President's Cake good?
Yes. 92% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 99%.
Overview
In 1990s Iraq, it's 'draw day', when schools select students for the honour of bringing items to their mandatory local celebrations of President Saddam Hussein's birthday. Nine-year-old Lamia lives in the historic marshes with her spirited grandmother, Bibi. Before school, Bibi teaches Lamia clever tricks to avoid being chosen for the baking duties. However, when Musa, the authoritative teacher, calls Lamia's name for the most challenging task–the birthday cake–she has no choice but to accept. Refusing could mean imprisonment or even death. Wikipedia ↗
