The Perfect Candidate

A determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.

Maryam is an ambitious young doctor working in a small town clinic in Saudi Arabia. After Maryam is prevented from traveling to Dubai in search of a better job, a bureaucratic mix-up leads her to stumble on the application for her local city elections and she decides to run.

The Movie DB Score:

65%

Genre:

Drama

Writer:

Haifaa Al-Mansour, Olaf Mehl, Sebastian Schmidt

Directors:

Haifaa Al-Mansour, Haifaa Al-Mansour

Leads:

Mila Alzahrani, Nora Al Awadh, Dae Al Hilali, Khalid Abdulrhim, Shafi Al Harthy, Mohamed Othman, Nojoud Ahmed, Khadeeja Mua'th

Music:

Volker Bertelmann

Length:

104 minutes

Year:

2020

Country:

Germany, Saudi Arabia

Language:

العربية, English

PG

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