JAMES WALSH is moved by an exhibition of graphic art that relates horrors that would be much less immediate in other media
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

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.
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