My Favourite Cake (2024)
- Original title
- کیک محبوب من
- Directed by
- Behtash Sanaeeha, Maryam Moqadam
- Genre
- romantic drama film
- Country
- Iran, Germany, France, Sweden
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 164 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An older Iranian woman decides to pursue her own desires despite strict societal limits. She meets a man and they share a quiet connection that challenges the rules around them.
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What happens
My Favourite Cake (Persian: کیک محبوب من, translit. Keyk-e mahbub-e man) is a 2024 romantic tragicomedy film co-written and -directed by Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, and starring Lily Farhadpour and Esmail Mehrabi. The film tells the story of a woman who decides to live out her desires in a country where women's rights are greatly restricted. The international co-production between Iran, France, Sweden, and Germany had its world premiere on 16 February 2024 at the main competition for the Golden Bear at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. The filmmakers were issued travel bans during post-production, and prohibited from attending the premiere in Berlin, by the Iranian Government. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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