Director: Walter Salles/Brazil,France/2024/138mins/Subtitles

A true-life saga of a Brazilian family torn apart by military rule.

When Rubens Paiva, a Brazilian Congressman and opponent of the dictatorship, is abducted from his home, his wife and children are left reeling for decades. This superbly filmed period drama by veteran director Walter Salles is elevated by an extraordinary Oscar-nominated performance from Fernanda Torres.

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Cyfarwyddwr: Walter Salles/Brasil,Ffrainc/2024/138munud/Is-deitlau

Saga bywyd go iawn o deulu Brasil wedi'i rwygo'n ddarnau gan reolaeth filwrol.

Pan gaiff Rubens Paiva, Cyngreswr o Frasil a gwrthwynebydd yr unbennaeth, ei chipio o'i gartref, mae ei wraig a'i blant yn cael eu gadael yn chwil am ddegawdau. Mae’r ddrama gyfnod hon sydd wedi’i ffilmio’n wych gan y cyn-gyfarwyddwr Walter Salles yn cael ei dyrchafu gan berfformiad rhyfeddol gan Fernanda Torres a enwebwyd am Oscar.

Mahin (Lily Farhadpour) is a lonely 70-year-old widow whose daughter lives thousands of miles away in Europe. She risks unwelcome interest from both neighbours and the morality police as she determines to shake up her mundane existence and revitalise her love life.  A chance encounter leads to an unforgettable evening in this charming, thought-provoking and quietly subversive drama from Iran.  

My Favourite Cake is a tragicomedy and romantic drama film co-written and directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha, and starring Lily Farhadpour and Esmail Mehrabi.

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Mae Mahin (Lily Farhadpour) yn weddw 70 oed unig y mae ei merch yn byw miloedd o filltiroedd i ffwrdd yn Ewrop. Mae hi'n peryglu diddordeb digroeso gan y ddau gymdogion a'r heddlu moesoldeb wrth iddi benderfynu ysgwyd ei bodolaeth mundane ac adfywio ei bywyd cariad. Mae cyfarfyddiad siawns yn arwain at noson fythgofiadwy yn y ddrama swynol, ysgogol a chynhyrfus dawel hon o Iran.

Mae My Favourite Cake yn ffilm ddrama gomedi a rhamantus a gydysgrifennwyd ac a gyfarwyddwyd gan Maryam Moghaddam a Behtash Sanaeeha, ac sy'n serennu Lily Farhadpour ac Esmail Mehrabi.