Haifaa Al Mansour Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

Talent Haifaa Al Mansour

A woman with dark hair wearing a patterned top holding a microphone and speaking at a podium with colourful decorations.
Review

The Perfect Candidate

by Ella Kemp

Haifaa Al Mansour’s lat­est sees female doc­tor chal­lenge Sau­di Ara­bi­an social norms by run­ning for local election.

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Anticipation
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Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Young woman in long brown dress, sitting on a gravestone and reading a book.
Review

Mary Shelley

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Elle Fanning’s cen­tral per­for­mance aside, there’s lit­tle to stir the blood in this biopic from Wad­j­da direc­tor Haifaa Al-Mansour.

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2
In Retrospect
A woman in a leather jacket stands next to a colourful, decorated bicycle.
Review

Wadjda

by Rebecca Ellis

A teen girl yearns for a new bike in this ground­break­ing, deeply mov­ing com­e­dy-dra­ma from Sau­di Arabia.

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5
In Retrospect