The perfect candidate
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The perfect candidate |
| Original title | The Perfect Candidate |
| Country of production | Saudi Arabia , Germany |
| original language | Arabic |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 105 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Haifaa Al Mansour |
| script | Haifaa Al Mansour, Brad Niemann |
| production | Haifaa Al Mansour, Brad Niemann |
| camera | Patrick Orth |
| cut | Andreas Wodraschke |
| occupation | |
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The Perfect Candidate (original title The Perfect Candidate ) is a comedy film by Haifaa Al Mansour , which celebrated its world premiere on August 29, 2019 as part of the Venice Film Festival and was released in German cinemas on March 12, 2020.
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For years, the young Saudi doctor Maryam has tried in vain to have the access road to her clinic paved. After all, she is so outraged by the conditions around the hospital and by her limited opportunities as a woman that she can be run as a candidate for the city council. Your campaign is well received, even if you are faced with an apparently overpowering competitor in the longstanding incumbent.
production
Directed by Haifaa Al Mansour , who wrote the script together with Brad Niemann .
The film received production funding from the Filmförderungsanstalt in the amount of 300,000 euros, from the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg in the amount of 300,000 euros and from the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung in the amount of 300,000 euros.
The shooting took place in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh in spring 2019 . Patrick Orth acted as cameraman . The German co-production company is Razor Film Produktion in Berlin.
From August 29, 2019, the film was shown in the main competition at the Venice Film Festival , where it competed for the Golden Lion . In September 2019 the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the Contemporary World Cinema section and in October 2019 at the London Film Festival in the official competition, and at the end of October 2019 also at the Hof International Film Festival . In January 2020 there was a screening at the Palm Springs International Film Festival . Also in January 2020 it was shown in the Spotlight section at the Sundance Film Festival . The theatrical release in Germany took place on March 12, 2020. On March 27, 2020 it should come to cinemas in the UK. As part of the Göteborg International Film Festival , the film is to be made available as video-on-demand due to the coronavirus pandemic . From the beginning of September 2020 it will be presented in the open-air edition of the Festival of German Films .
reception
Reviews
The film has so far won over 90 percent of all Rotten Tomatoes critics .
Use in school lessons
The online portal kinofenster.de recommends the film from the 9th grade for the subjects German , politics, ethics , religion, social studies / community studies, art and performing games and offers materials for the film for the lessons. Lisa Haußmann and Hanna Falkenstein recommend, among other things, an examination of what students know about the form of government, everyday life and women's rights in Saudi Arabia .
Awards
The film was submitted by Saudi Arabia as an entry for the 2020 Academy Awards in the Best International Film category , but was not shortlisted. Further nominations and awards follow.
Florida Film Festival 2020
- Award for best international feature film with audience award
Venice International Film Festival 2019
- Nomination for the Golden Lion ( Haifaa Al Mansour )
- Received the Brian Award from the Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti (Haifaa Al Mansour)
London Film Festival 2019
- Nomination in the competition (Haifaa Al Mansour)
Web links
- The perfect candidate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The perfect candidate at crew united
- The Perfect Candidate in the program of the Film Festival of Venice (English)
- The Perfect Candidate - Official International Trailer from The Match Factory on YouTube (Video)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the perfect candidate . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 196888 / K).
- ↑ Age rating for The Perfect Candidate . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ NDR co-production “The Perfect Candidate” by Haifa Al Mansour premieres at the Venice Biennale. In: presseportal.de, July 25, 2019.
- ^ The Perfect Candidate. In: labiennale.org. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ↑ Ben Dalton: BFI London Film Festival selects 10 titles for 2019 competition. In: screendaily.com, August 28, 2019.
- ↑ https://hofer-filmtage.com/wp-content/uploads/dokumente/filmtitel-spielzeiten-2019.pdf
- ^ Program booklet of the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2020. In: psfilmfest.org. Retrieved January 3, 2020 (PDF; 331 KB)
- ↑ 2020 Sundance Film Festival: 118 Feature Films Announced. In: sundance.org, December 4, 2019.
- ↑ Start dates Germany In: insidekino.com. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ^ The Perfect Candidate. In: filmdates.co.uk. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ↑ Vladan Petkovic: Göteborg Film Festival's VoD platform to support arthouse cinemas in the wake of the coronavirus. In: cineuropa.org, March 19, 2020.
- ↑ The perfect candidate. In: festival-des-deutschen-films.de. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
- ^ The Perfect Candidate. In: Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed March 31, 2020.
- ↑ Lisa Haußmann and Hanna Falkenstein: The perfect candidate. In: kinofenster.de, March 12, 2020.
- ↑ The perfect candidate: The film tip with educational zoom. In: kinofenster.de. Accessed April 2, 2020 (PDF; 1,186 KB)
- ^ The 29th Florida Film Festival announces Grand Jury and Audience Award Winners. In: floridafilmfestival.com. Accessed on August 27, 2020 (PDF; 170 KB)