The Perfect Candidate
المرشحة المثالية
Haifaa al-Mansour's film about a Saudi doctor who runs for a municipal council seat in a conservative town.
Depth
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdbelcinema
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
WomenTradition versus cultureEducation
Screening Room
- Format
- Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Released
- 2019 CE · 1440 AH†
- Countries
- SA · DE
- Languages
- ar (original)
- Approach
- drama of Muslim life
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- المرشحة المثاليةThe Perfect Candidate
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Directed by
- Haifaa al-Mansour
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Jāhilī Marriage Forms· Waʾd (Infant Burial)· The Imam· Persepolis· Sang Pencerah· Wadjda· The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· al-Anwāʾ (Star Rains)
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
- elCinema
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Perfect Candidate”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-murashsha-al-mithaliyya-2019/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.