Rubutawa ta Roohangis Anoushi
An zaɓi wata yarinya 'yar shekara 9 mai suna Lamia a makaranta don shirya kek don bikin ranar haihuwar Shugaba Saddam Hussein; kamar dukkan caca, wannan caca yana da sakamako kuma ba batun sa'a ba ne, amma aiki ne na tilas wanda zai iya haifar da mummunan sakamako idan ba a karɓe shi ba. Tare da kakarta, kawarta Saeed, da zakaran dabbobinta, ta fara tafiya don neman gari, sukari, da ƙwai wanda ya zama hoton rayuwar 'yan Iraki a wancan lokacin.
A cikin fina-finan siyasa da yawa, ana nuna iko daga bayan mumbari, a ɗakunan umarni, ko ta hanyar shawarwarin shugabanni; amma Hassan Hadi ya zaɓi wata hanya daban. Yana neman iko a rayuwar yau da kullun; inda aka tilasta wa ƙaramar yarinya yin kek don ranar haihuwar shugaban ƙasa; manufa da ta yi kama da mai sauƙi, amma a cikin zuciyar al'umma da takunkumi, talauci, da tsoro ke addaba, sai ta zama mafarki mai ban tsoro.
Wannan fim ɗin ya tabbatar da cewa don ba da labarin tashin hankalin mulkin kama-karya da yaƙi, ba lallai ba ne a je fagen fama da wuraren zubar da jini. Wani lokaci, yin kek da damuwar yaro yana ba da hoto mafi daidai; hoto mai daɗi da ɗan adam.
Fim ɗin yana ganin duniya cikin hikima ta idanun yaro. Wannan zaɓin yana ba wa masu kallo damar jin matsin lamba na tunani maimakon jin nazarin siyasa.
Babban nasarar fim ɗin shine cewa bai rage siyasa zuwa taken ba.
Wani ƙarfi na fim ɗin shine guje wa baƙin da aka wuce gona da iri. Hassan Hadi, marubuci kuma darakta, yana ƙirƙirar lokutan barkwanci, abota, da bege a cikin wannan yanayi mai ɗaci. Alaƙar da ke tsakanin yaran, kasancewar zakara tare da su, da kuma haɗuwa da mutane masu ban dariya a kan hanya tana hana fim ɗin ya zama abin mamaki. Wannan bambanci tsakanin rashin laifin yaran da tashin hankalin duniya da ke kewaye yana ninka nauyin motsin rai na aikin.