Film
My Favourite Cake (12A)
Dir. Maryam Moghaddam, Behtash Sanaeeha, Iran/France, 2024, 97 mins. In Farsi with English subtitles. Cast. Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi.
The 70-year-old Mahin has been living alone in Tehran since her husband died and her daughter left for Europe. Her muted existence alone in her apartment is revealed in a series of beautifully composed tableaux. There are FaceTime phone calls with her daughter which somehow never allow for a proper talk. She has difficulty getting to sleep and doesn’t get up before noon. She waters the plants in her garden, goes shopping and occasionally hosts lunches for her female friends, at which the dominant theme is everyone’s various ailments, discussed at hilarious and explicit length. She decides she needs to expand her life and open herself for possible romance and the results make this a beautiful, nuanced, delightfully life-affirming film.
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The 70-year-old Mahin has been living alone in Tehran since her husband died and her daughter left for Europe. Her muted existence alone in her apartment is revealed in a series of beautifully composed tableaux. There are FaceTime phone calls with her daughter which somehow never allow for a proper talk. She has difficulty getting to sleep and doesn’t get up before noon. She waters the plants in her garden, goes shopping and occasionally hosts lunches for her female friends, at which the dominant theme is everyone’s various ailments, discussed at hilarious and explicit length. She decides she needs to expand her life and open herself for possible romance and the results make this a beautiful, nuanced, delightfully life-affirming film.
For detailed information about the film's age rating and content notices, you can visit the BBFC website and search the film title, then scroll down to the “Content Advice” section: www.bbfc.co.uk
