Sunshine Coast FrenchFilmFestival
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My Favourite Cake (Iran-France) "Remarkable" The Hollywood Reporter Caloundra Tue night
Tue, 04 Mar
|Caloundra
A beautifully delicate and nuanced film, My Favourite Cake explores themes of love, regret and second chances with nuance and grace. It’s set against the backdrop of a country with strict rules and and restrictions, especially when it comes to the rights and freedoms of women "Quietly magnificent"
Time & Location
04 Mar 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:40 pm
Caloundra, 2/11 Bulcock St, Caloundra QLD 4551, Australia
About the Event
My Favourite Cake film trailer HERE
M. 97 min . Directed and Written by Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha Stars Lili Farhadpouri and Esmaeel Mehrabi
A beautifully delicate and nuanced film, My Favourite Cake, co-written and directed by Iranian filmmakers Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, explores themes of love, regret and second chances with nuance and grace. It’s set against the backdrop of a country with strict rules and restrictions, especially when it comes to the rights and freedoms of women, but for all its people.
It's also a film that explores ageism, desire and the need for intimacy with a sense of humour that is irresistible. Lili Farhadpouri is wonderful as Mahin, a 70 year old woman living in a house that is too big for her, but which she can't leave as its 'not documented' and could be taken over by the state. Restricted by the omnipresent 'morali…