The President's Cake
While people across 1990s Iraq struggle to survive the war and food shortages, Saddam Hussein requires each school in the country to prepare a cake to celebrate his birthday. Despite her efforts to avoid getting picked, 9-year-old Lamia is chosen among her classmates. The young girl must now use her wits and imagination to gather ingredients for the mandatory cake or face the consequences.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Maiden Voyage Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How The President's Cake performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$4,084
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$588
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Lamia
Baneen Ahmed Nayyef
Lamia
Saeed
Sajad Mohamad Qasem
Saeed
Bibi
Waheed Thabet Khreibat
Bibi
Jasim
Rahim AlHaj
Jasim
Muthanna
Muthanna Malaghi
Muthanna
Musa
Ahmad Qasem Saywan
Musa
Majdi
Thaer Salem
Majdi
Rahma
Fatima Abouharoon
Rahma
Izzat
Mohammed Rheimeh
Izzat
Hiyam
Rokia Alwadi
Hiyam
Malik
Abdelkarim Jasim
Malik
Saeed's Father
Maytham Mreidi
Saeed's Father
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