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My Favourite Cake

My Favourite Cake

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My Favourite Cake

2024

1h 37m

7.2(185 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Mahin 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.

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Production Companies

Caractères Productions

HOBAB

Watchmen Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Lily Farhadpour

Lily Farhadpour

Mahin

Esmaeel Mehrabi

Esmaeel Mehrabi

Faramarz

Mansoureh Ilkhani

Puran

Soraya Orang

Mahin's Friend

Homa Mottahedin

Mahin's Friend

Sima Esmaeili

Mahin's Friend

Aman Rahimi

Old Man in the Restaurant

Azim Mashhadi

Old Man in the Restaurant

Saeed Payamipour

Old Man in the Restaurant

Asghar Nejad

Old Man in the Restaurant

Creative team

Directed by: Behtash Sanaeeha
Maryam Moghaddam
Written by: Maryam Moghaddam
Behtash Sanaeeha
Produced by: Etienne de Ricaud
Peter Kropénin

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