EXCLUSIVE: Here’s the first trailer for Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Venice Film Festival Competition entry The Perfect Candidate, which launches this week on the Lido. Written and produced by L…
The Perfect CandidateWritten and produced by LA-based Al-Mansour and Brad Niemann, with Gerhard Meixner and Roman Paul of Razor Film Produktion in Berlin also producing, the comedic drama tells the story of a young
female doctor who controversially runs for municipal office while her father is off touring the country with the re-established Saudi National Band, which had been banned under law prohibiting public music performances.
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