The Perfect Candidate (2019)

[Tommy Tainant]

The Perfect Candidate (2019) ⭐ 6.7 | Comedy, Drama

1h 44m

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Its a film set in Saudi and is subtitled. I really enjoyed it. Saudi is a mysterious and forbidding place and this film does a lot to explain it to us.

Basically a young Doctor stands for the local government in a bid to improve access to the hospital she works at. It raises all of the issues you could imagine and you sense the growing frustration she feels as an educated woman in a repressive society.

She isnt allowed to fly to Dubai unless her father signs a pass for her, or address a political meeting in person.

I would like to think that the fact of the film being made is a sign that the society is moving in the right direction.

Give it a go. Its on prime or netflix.

 

[Sunni Man]

She isnt allowed to fly to Dubai unless her father signs a pass for her, or address a political meeting in person.

In the country of Saudi Arabia a female is under the protection and custody of her husband, father, brothers, son's, or other male relatives.
It's a good system that hopefully we will someday have here in the U.S. ...

 

[Tommy Tainant]

She isnt allowed to fly to Dubai unless her father signs a pass for her, or address a political meeting in person.

In the country of Saudi Arabia a female is under the protection and custody of her husband, father, brothers, son's, or other male relatives.
It's a good system that hopefully we will someday have here in the U.S. ...

Not so good when you want to catch a flight to a job interview.

 

[Sunni Man]

Not so good when you want to catch a flight to a job interview.

She just had to get permission from her father to go.
But if he didn't want her to go, that's his prerogative as her parent.
I don't see the problem. ...

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Not so good when you want to catch a flight to a job interview.

She just had to get permission from her father to go.
But if he didn't want her to go, that's his prerogative as her parent.
I don't see the problem. ...

Watch the film, he did give permission.

 

[Sunni Man]

Watch the film, he did give permission.

Prime wants me to pay to see the movie.
I'll wait until it's free to watch. ...

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Watch the film, he did give permission.

Prime wants me to pay to see the movie.
I'll wait until it's free to watch. ...

Thats odd. Its free over here. Click on the free to watch button.

 

[Sunni Man]

Thats odd. Its free over here. Click on the free to watch button.

I watch Prime free video's all the time.
This movie here in the US isn't free.
They want you to rent it or buy it.
I double checked. ...

 

[Sunni Man]

I would like to think that the fact of the film being made is a sign that the society is moving in the right direction.

You still have that British colonial mindset.
What makes you think imitating the western ways of doing things is somehow a step in the right direction?
The Saudi people I know are happy with their culture and don't want busy bodies like you telling them what to do in their own country. ...

 

[Oz and the Orchestra]

She isnt allowed to fly to Dubai unless her father signs a pass for her, or address a political meeting in person.

In the country of Saudi Arabia a female is under the protection and custody of her husband, father, brothers, son's, or other male relatives.
It's a good system that hopefully we will someday have here in the U.S. ...

Yea tell that to the daughters of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. Of Dubai.
The oldest was kidnapped in the UK and never seen again. Her sister made a video of her imprisonment from a toilet on a smuggled-in mobile phone which has since been detected and taken and we have never heard from her since then.
The UN must demand immediate proof that they are both still alive and also demand access otherwise what is the point of the Human Rights Charter.

 

[Oz and the Orchestra]

Sunni Man, you can disagree with it all you like but can't put into words where I'm wrong because you know I'm right.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I would like to think that the fact of the film being made is a sign that the society is moving in the right direction.

You still have that British colonial mindset.
What makes you think imitating the western ways of doing things is somehow a step in the right direction?
The Saudi people I know are happy with their culture and don't want busy bodies like you telling them what to do in their own country. ...

I will have to give that some thought. But nevertheless, Saudi laws restrict freedom for women and some are frustrated by it. They should be free to come and go as they please. Thats pretty basic.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

Thats odd. Its free over here. Click on the free to watch button.

I watch Prime free video's all the time.
This movie here in the US isn't free.
They want you to rent it or buy it.
I double checked. ...

Thats a shame. It will deter people from watching it. I doubt that I would have paid cash to watch a film about a Saudi election. No sex or car chases in a strange language !!

 

[Flopper]

I will have to give that some thought. But nevertheless, Saudi laws restrict freedom for women and some are frustrated by it. They should be free to come and go as they please. Thats pretty basic.

Unfortunately that's the problem with so many Prime movies. You search for it, find get ready to watch, you click watch, and Amazon wants 3,4, or 5 dollars to rent it.