âThe Perfect Candidateâ Review: Paving the Way
Haifaa Al-Mansour crafts a story thatâs part family drama and part parable of female activism, set in Saudi Arabia.
Mila Al Zahrani in âThe Perfect Candidate.âCredit.Music Box Films
The Perfect Candidate
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Women in Saudi Arabia were granted the right to drive in 2018. In âThe Perfect Candidate,â a film made in 2019 that is only now being released here, Maryam (Mila Al Zahrani), a physician in a small town, is seen driving purposefully to destinations that include an airport. At that airport, she is refused permission to board a plane because her travel permit has expired. Said permit needs the approval of a guardian for renewal.
The 100 Best Movies Written by Women
Welcome to our guide of the best movies written by women: These are highly Certified Fresh films (nothing on the list falls below 94%) whose screenplay credit goes in part or fully to women.
The journey begins nearly a century ago with 1925’s
Battleship Potemkin, written by Nina Agadzhanova, inspired by her own participation in Soviet uprisings. Just two years later,
Metropolis, cinema’s first sci-fi feature masterpiece, emerged out of Germany, written by Thea von Harbou. The 1930s were one of those peak decades for movies, in no small part thanks to
King Kong (co-written by Ruth Rose),