The Perfect Candidate
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A revealing look at the changing roles of women in Saudi Arabia from director Haifaa Al-Mansour (WADJDA), THE PERFECT CANDIDATE follows Maryam, a determined young doctor who runs for city council after the male incumbent repeatedly ignores her request to fix the muddy road leading to her clinic. Despite her father and her community's struggle to accept her as their town's first female candidate, Maryam's creative and ambitious campaign builds momentum, becoming a symbol for a larger movement.
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- Mila Al Zahrani
- Mohamed Othman
- Dae Al Hilali
- Nojoud Ahmed
- Maram Alzghoul
- Bandar Hadadi
- Khadeeja Mua'th
- Khalid Abdulraheem
- Waleed Ghannam
- Saeed Almana
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Metacritic
Nov 30, 2021
Every woman’s uphill battle will look different, and here is one fleshed out admirably.
Ella Kemp
Little White Lies
May 18, 2021
As with Wadjda, Mansour gives audiences a candid, often wryly amusing glimpse of life inside the Saudi kingdom, which is so often cloaked in opacity and menace.
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
May 12, 2021
Less a hand-wringing dispatch from a repressive land than a judiciously glossy nudge toward a better world, The Perfect Candidate isn’t complicated, yet earns its mixed/hopeful conclusion.
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
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