Four Daughters
Film details
| Film Title | Four Daughters |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 110mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia |
| Director | Kaouther Ben Hania |
| Actors | Hend Sabry, Nour Karoui, Ichraq Matar, Majd Mastoura, Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikahoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui |
| Language | Arabic, French |
| AKA | Les filles d'Olfa |
| Showings |
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.
Far from a gamble made in the service of naturalism, this heightened and strange piece of fiction re-enactment exposes itself for critique in a way that you almost have to respect. For its sins, it seems to — just about — succeed.
★★★★
Like a kind of cinematic Lego set, Ben Hania takes the building blocks of filmmaking and constructs from them something cathartic, affecting and original.
★★★★
