MY FAVOURITE CAKE

97 min | Iran, Sweden, France, Germany | Feature Fiction Drama

| Maryam Moghaddam & Behtash Sanaeeha

Mahin (70) lives alone in Tehran since her husband’s death and her daughter’s departure for Europe, until an afternoon tea with friends leads her to break her solitary routine and revitalize her love life. But as Mahin opens herself up to new romance, what begins as an unexpected encounter quickly evolves into an unpredictable, unforgettable evening.

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

74th Berlin International Film Festival – Nominated for Golden Bear – FIPRESCI Prize – Prizes of the Ecumenical Jury

BFI London Film Festival – won Eurimages Award 2022

PRESS QUOTES

“A Romantic Confection That Rises Sweetly, Until It Crumbles”

Variety, Jessica Kiang

“This wonderfully sweet and funny film will contribute to the debate about whether repressive regimes are the nursery of artistic greatness”

The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw

“My Favourite Cake captures an impressive range of human emotions while drawing viewers in via an accessible style of humour and light situational comedy.”

Cineuropa, Olivia Popp

“A small jewel of an Iranian romantic comedy”

VERDICT, Deborah Young

“The idea of finding love at the advanced age of 70 is tender, romantic and brilliant, and had yours truly in tears at one point out of sheer joy for the protagonists.”

International Cinephile Society, E. Nina Rothe

“Clearly, it’s all too good to be true, but the looming sense of danger just makes the couple’s frenzied lunge for happiness seem all the sweeter.”

The Hollywood Reporter, LESLIE FELPERIN

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Credits

Starring

Lily Farhadpour

Esmaeil Mehrabi

Director

Behtash Sanaeeha
& Maryam Moghaddam

Screenplay

Behtash Sanaeeha
& Maryam Moghaddam

Producer

Gholamreza Mousavi

CO-Producers

Behtash Sanaeeha

Etienne de Ricaud

Peter Krupenin

Christopher Zitterbart

Cinematography

Mohammad Haddadi

Editor

Ata Mehrad
Behtash Sanaeeha

Sound design

Hossein Ghoorchian

Production design

Maryam Moghaddam
Amir Hivand

Music

Henrik Nagy

Custome designer

Maryam Moghaddam
Amir Hivand

Make-up

Kamran Khalaj

Produced by

Filmsazan Javan, Caractères Productions, Behtash Sanaeeha, Hobab, Watchmen