Summaries

A determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.

Maryam is an ambitious young doctor working in a small town clinic in Saudi Arabia. After Maryam is prevented from traveling to Dubai in search of a better job, a bureaucratic mixup leads her to stumble on the application for her local city elections and she decides to run.—yusufpiskin

Details

Keywords
  • saudi arabia
  • title directed by female
  • doctor
  • airport
  • female doctor
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Release date Mar 11, 2020
Countries of origin Germany Saudi Arabia
Language English Arabic
Filming locations Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Production companies Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) Razor Film Produktion GmbH Al Mansour Est. for Audiovisual Media

Box office

Gross US & Canada $30134
Opening weekend US & Canada $2795
Gross worldwide $1337187

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 44m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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