President's Cake Blu-ray Netherlands A satirical critique of totalitarianism

A satirical critique of totalitarianism and a celebration of humanity set in a scrap yard where dissidents are interned for 're-education'

highly influential score by Philip Glass

- Audio commentary by film historians Howard S

Includes alternative Italian language audio

President's Cake Blu-ray Netherlands A satirical critique of totalitarianism'The President's Cake' Director: Hasan Hadi (2025) Curzon Blu ray Arabic w English subtitles 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