| In the opening shots, Maryam Mila Al Zahrani is shown coasting in her car, celebrating her rights and listening to music | Maryam is also a doctor, but one particular older male patient doesn't want to be seen or treated by a woman, firming entrenched by his conservative upbringing |
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| A bit like the story of AOC local political candidate builds a grassroots campaign , but about a young woman in Saudi Arabia | Doesn't stick the landing, but otherwise it's my favorite of Al-Mansour's work since Wadjda |
Happy to report that Haifaa Al-Mansour's The Perfect Candidate is the first outstanding film of the Venice Film Festival this year.
22| I started thinking about how it might just be a promotional video for "How Hard Things Are For Women in Saudi Arabia, ……• Considering the recent unspeakable acts of that Kingdom towards a journalist, that gave me pause too | The older one tries to help Maryam…• In this spiritual successor to her debut feature Wadjda, director Haifaa al-Mansour draws a sympathetic portrait of the situation of Saudi Arabian women in the 21st century |
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| Saudi Arabia legalized women being able to drive in 2017 | Maryam has two sisters: the youngest is a devout Muslim who pays attention to the letter of the law and doesn't see how it represses her and the women around her |
It started with the central conflict, and blah…• Haifaa Al-Mansour went back to Saudi Arabia to direct The Perfect Candidate after directing two English language films: Mary Shelley and Nappily Ever After.
14| It is a simple, feminine film with a clear message that contributes to the ongoing fight for Saudi women's rights and the urgent need for a change of mentality in a nation that seems to be slowly awakening from its lethargic social backwardness | As we were waiting for the screening to begin, Lise mentioned to me that she had some trepidation picking this one, since it was from Saudi Arabia, the film would likely have to be sanctioned by the government |
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