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Haifaa Al-Mansour

The Perfect Candidate movie review: a woman’s place is everywhere

Fri, Apr 03, 2020
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A young Saudi doctor runs for local political office, finding her courage while more frustrated than usual by the limitations and restrictions placed upon her. Heartening, inspiring, gently ironic.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Jul 04

Fri, Jul 06, 2018
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Lex Scott Davis protests the Purge, Elle Fanning invents science fiction, Whitney Houston is eulogized in documentary form, and more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri May 25

Fri, May 25, 2018
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Elle Fanning invents science fiction; Natalie Dormer overhears a murder; more…

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Wadjda director Haifaa al-Mansour: “I wanted to have a voice”

Sun, Jul 21, 2013
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Unfortunately, you don’t need to live in a repressive place like Saudi Arabia to feel, as a woman, that you don’t have a voice, or that you’ll get hate mail if you speak out.

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Wadjda (London Film Festival review)

Thu, Oct 11, 2012
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Delightful and powerfully satisfying, an arthouse crowd-pleaser about a charmingly irrepressible protagonist… (new DVD/VOD UK)

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