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15.05.2021 / 17:35
‘The Perfect Candidate’ Film Review: A Saudi Woman Finds Her Voice in Piercing Political Tale
This review was initially published after the 2019 Venice Film Festival premiere of “The Perfect Candidate.”As someone with a side gig on the programming team of an LGBT film festival, I’ve noticed that, while the coming-out drama is often tired and clichéd coming from American filmmakers, it can be thrilling when one is produced a part of the world (Bermuda or South Korea, for instance) where an honest conversation about queer lives is in its early stages.It’s not a put-down, then, when I say