Kalender

The Perfect Candidate

Haifaa Al Mansour

SA / DE
2019
Feature Film
101’
OmU

Haifaa Al Mansour (Wadjda) portrays a young woman in Saudi Arabia who struggles to achieve her goals with courage and humour.

Maryam is a doctor in a small town. Every day she gets annoyed about the state of the road in front of her hospital, which she has to drive along to get to work. In the hospital, the lack of respect she is shown makes her angry. She applies for a job in Dubai, but is unable to go because of a formality. She asks a cousin for help, but he is only receiving candidates willing to stand for the local elections. Maryam promptly decides to stand as a candidate herself. It is the start of a turbulent election campaign which she masters with the help of her sisters.

Director

Haifaa Al Mansour

Script

Haifaa Al Mansour, Brad Niemann

Cinematography

Patrick Orth

Editing

Andreas Wodraschke

Sound

Sebastian Schmidt

Music

Volker Bertelmann

Cast

Mila Alzahrani, Dae Al Hilali, Nora Al Awadh, Khalid Abdulrhim, Shafi Al Harthy

Production

Haifaa Al Mansour, Brad Niemann, Roman Paul, Gerhard Meixner

Contact

Neue Visionen Filmverleih

Age Rating

FSK 0

Age Recommendation

age 14 or older