‘Unidentified’ Review: Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Feminist Saudi Arabian Murder Mystery Is Simple But Satisfying [Tribeca]
Women in Saudi Arabia were not allowed to obtain identification documents until 2001. They could be forced into marriages until 2005. Heck, Haifaa Al-Mansour made her first film in the kingdom (2012) before women could run for office (2015) there.
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None of this means that the director’s latest film, “Unidentified,” should be graded on a curve.
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