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My Favourite Cake
12A

Why watch?

There's a lot of different reasons to LOVE My Favourite Cake, it almost makes it hard to recommend because I don't know where to start. Subtle and funny, yet also excitingly romantic, Mahin is a character it's impossible not to feel invested in almost immediately. Aside from the sweetness of the film (no pun intended) co-directors Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha have also found a way to carefully observe and comment on the limitations placed on women by the morality police which makes this a timely piece as well as a joy to watch.

Wendy,

Head of Cinema
Tender and funny yet politically daring, this double-Berlinale-winning late-life romance is guaranteed to steal your heart.
Drama • Political • Funny

At 70, retired nurse Mahin lives alone in Tehran; her husband is long dead, and her daughter and grandchildren reside abroad. She’s of a mind to do as she pleases: sleeping in ’til noon, gossiping bawdily with friends and defending a girl whom the morality police have accused of an improperly worn hijab. But she’s lonely, too – so she decides it’s time to find herself a new man.

That’s how Mahin ends up inviting Faramarz, an unmarried taxi driver her own age, to her home for an intimate night of orange-blossom sponge cake, illicit wine and company.

Details

Original language title
Keyke mahboobe man
Duration
1hr 36mins
Director
Maryam Moghadam, Behtash Sanaeeha
Distributor
Curzon Film World Limited
Featuring
Lili Farhadpour • Esmaeel Mehrabi • Melika Pazouki
Year
2024
Country of origin
Iran • France • Sweden • Germany
Language
Persian with English subtitles
Strobe lighting
No
Content guidance
Sexism
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