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Film round up: September 12, 2024
Iranian late-bloomers, holiday chums, the poison pen, and Pakistani lesbians: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews My Favourite Cake, Speak No Evil, The Critic, and The Queen Of My Dreams
(L) Speak No Evil; (Centre) The Queen Of My Dreams; (R) My Favourite Cake

My Favourite Cake (12A)
Directed by Maryam Moghadam & Behtash Sanaeeha

★★★★

 

THIS beautiful and tender love story lifts the lid on the life of women behind closed doors in Iran as they battle discrimination in a patriarchal society which considers them second-class citizens. 


Speak No Evil (15)
Directed by James Watkins

★★★★


The Critic (15)
Directed by Anand Tucker

★★


The Queen of My Dreams (12A)
Directed by Fawzia Mirza

★★★

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