In the 1990s, dictator Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist, living in luxury while his citizens struggled to meet every-day needs. At the beginning of the decade, the
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Sometimes cinema can transport you to another time and place so effectively that it’s almost better than travelling. The President’s Cake has this transportive quality.
Winner of the best film award at the 2022 Red Sea International Film Festival, the Iraqi filmmaker’s Hanging Gardens is an entertaining rebuke to Clint Eastwood’s Oscar winner starring Bradley