Four Daughters

Four Daughters (2023)

Les Filles d'Olfa

Between light and darkness stands Olfa, a Tunisian woman and the mother of four daughters. One day, her two older daughters disappear. To fill in their absence, the filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and invents a unique cinema experience that will lift the veil on Olfa and her daughters' life stories. An intimate journey of hope, rebellion, violence, transmission and sisterhood that will question the very foundations of our societies.

Date of release
2023-07-05
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (114)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Director
Kaouther Ben Hania

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 6

Four Daughters is a 2023 Arabic-language documentary film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. The film tells the story of a Tunisian family after two of four daughters leave to join Daesh fighters in Libya. The filmmaker invites professional actors to stand in for the missing daughters and others in the retelling of the story. The film is an international co-production between France, Tunisia, Germany, and Saudi Arabia.

Production

Four Daughters is written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Cinematography is by Farouk Laaridh, and the film is edited by Kaouther Ben Hania, Qutaiba Barhamji, and Jean-Christophe Hym. Amine Bouhafa composed the score.

The film is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha at Paris-based Tanit Films; Habib Attia at Tunis-based Cinétéléfilms; Thanassis Karathanos and Martin Hampel at Berlin-based Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion GmbH; and co-produced by Red Sea Film Festival Foundation, ZDF/Arte, and Jour2Fête.

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