The Perfect Candidate

The latest drama from Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour shows “just how much more there is to be done before women can fully steer their destinies in Saudi Arabia,” said Robert Abele in the Los Angeles

Times. When a young, niqab-clad doctor tires of the unpaved road that leads to the local hospital, she runs for a post in municipal government. Sexist indignities ensue, yet this “charm-zested” tale of an underdog “earns its hopeful conclusion.” (In select theaters only) Not rated