The Perfect Candidate

IMDb link: 6971114
IMDb rating: 6.7 (2,312 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Director: Haifaa Al-Mansour
Cast: Mila Al Zahrani, Dae Al Hilali, Nora Al Awad, Khalid Abdulraheem and others

Release date: 14 May 2021
Release year: 2019
Runtime: 104 minutes
Country: Saudi Arabia, Germany
Keywords: saudi arabia, title directed by female, female doctor, female political candidate, doctor, airport, wedding, political campaign, election campaign, concert

Plot:

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 mixup leads her to stumble on the application for her local city elections and she decides to run.

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