The Perfect Candidate
A young Saudi doctor campaigns for a seat on the municipal council, finding confidence as she combats prejudice.
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Cast
13 people
Mila Al-Zahrani
Dr. Maryam Alsafan
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Safar Barlik
London Class
Nora Al Awadh
Sara
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Dae Al Hilali
Selma
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Glitch Love
Khalid Abdulrhim
Abdulaziz
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Shafi Al Harthy
Mohammed
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Unidentified
Mohamed Othman
Himself
Najoud Ahmed
Dr. Abeer
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Bomb Girls
High School Girls
Khadeeja Mua'th
Khadeeja
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Tareq Al Khaldi
Omar
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Reema Mohammed
Badria (voice)
Ismaee Nasser
Anas
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Rakan Abdulhaman
Majid
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Haifaa al-Mansour Director · Brad Niemann Screenplay Volker Bertelmann Composer
Worldwide gross $1.3M · United States release May 14, 2021 · Produced in Germany, Saudi Arabia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,338,195
Production
Razor Film Produktion
Production
NDR
Production
Al Mansour Est. for Audiovisual Media
Production
ARD
Production
Germany · Saudi Arabia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
المرشحة المثالية
Original language
Arabic
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 2019
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · May 14, 2021
Limited theatrical
Austria
March 13, 2020 · Theatrical
Belgium
March 6, 2020 · Digital
Brazil
July 29, 2021 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival
Canada
September 8, 2019 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
July 2, 2020 · Theatrical
Finland
June 26, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Summer Kino Engel
July 3, 2020 · Theatrical
France
August 12, 2020 · Theatrical
Germany
March 12, 2020 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 27, 2020 · Digital · Internet
Italy
September 3, 2020 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 24, 2020 · Theatrical
Norway
March 27, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 9, 2019 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
Spain
March 6, 2020 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
January 23, 2020 · Premiere · Göteborg Film Festival
March 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 26, 2019 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 7, 2019 · Premiere · London Film Festival
March 27, 2020 · Digital · Internet
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