In 2012 Haifaa al-Mansour wrote and directed Wadja the first movie to be filmed entirely in Saudi Arabia. During filming for Wadja, al-Mansour directed from a van as to not intermix with male members of her crew. With The Perfect Candidate, al-Mansour returns to Saudi Arabia, this time without the van, to focus on the evolving role of women in Saudi Arabian society.
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We have heard many different rules in Saudi Arabia that we probably wouldn’t find in other parts of the world. However, while you can still debate about the efficacies of the other rules, there is one rule that has caught even the most conservatives by surprise.