Synopsis
The Perfect Candidate (2020) is a Saudi drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Haifaa al-Mansour — the first woman to direct a feature in Saudi Arabia. A young doctor ends up running for the local municipal council, almost by accident.
Maryam treats patients who refuse to shake her hand because she is a woman. The dirt road to her clinic floods so badly that ambulances get stuck and her boss hangs up when she calls. A visa mix-up at the airport drops her into a relative's government office, and she files her candidacy — first just to fix that road, then for real. Mila Al Zahrani carries the lead.
Al-Mansour, who made Wadjda, frames politics through everyday life: a campaign ad shot on a phone, canvassing done at a women's wedding hall. It's a restrained, unsentimental look at how small stubbornness moves big things. Stream The Perfect Candidate (2020) online on iFILM.
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