Overview
- The feature debut from director Hasan Hadi launches nationwide in Germany on February 5.
- Set in 1990s Iraq, the story follows nine-year-old Lamia and her grandmother as they search for basic baking ingredients in a climate of scarcity and fear.
- Hadi tells dpa he wants audiences to remember that sanctions do not only affect leaders, emphasizing their impact on ordinary families.
- Critics single out young lead Banin Ahmad Najef for a performance that anchors the film’s emotional power.
- Iraq submitted the film for the Academy Award for Best International Feature, but it did not make the final shortlist.