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The Perfect Candidate

Name: The Perfect Candidate
Released: 2019

المرشحة المثالية

2019

A young Saudi woman doctor, fed up with the muddy road that keeps ambulances from her clinic, impulsively runs for a seat on the municipal council, confronting prejudice and finding her voice along the way. Haifaa al-Mansour's warm, pointed drama.

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Part of 9 Essential Films from Saudi Arabia

This film is stop 2 of 9 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Saudi Arabia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Saudi Arabia in the 196 country film challenge.