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My Favourite Cake
12A

Tomorrow – Wed 02 Oct

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

Content guidance

Sexism

“As well as everything else, this wonderfully sweet and funny film will contribute to the debate about whether repressive regimes are the nursery of artistic greatness.”
The Guardian

“A subversive delight.”
Deadline

“My Favourite Cake is a story that absolutely needs to be told: the heartwarming, hilarious, sweet, devastating, tragic tale of a woman who one day dares to be free.”
Loud and Clear