Saudi Arabia's first female director is back with 'A Perfect Candidate,' the story of a woman running for office in the Kingdom.
The 2019 Envelope Live Screening Series continued at the Montalbán in Hollywood with a Dec. 3 presentation of Haifaa al-Mansour’s “The Perfect Candidate.” Following the screening, The Times’ Lorraine Ali interviewed Saudi Arabia’s first female feature director on the Montalbán stage.
Her new feature, her first in the kingdom since her celebrated debut, “Wadjda” , follows a female doctor who becomes an accidental candidate for municipal council. The director and co-writer told Ali that capturing Saudi culture — especially aspects that had long been suppressed, such as most types of music — was another key motivator.
She said that when making movies in her home country, she strives to work with locals, “people who don’t have access to the world.” “The Perfect Candidate” director Haifaa al-Mansour talks about Saudi Arabia’s past with banning music and why she felt it was necessary to include in the film. “A lot of the film is for people back home … there are a lot of inside jokes for back home. But you want to connect with other people ....
She also acknowledged that since film hasn’t always been legal in the kingdom, some locals were resistant to their efforts.
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