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Four Daughters (2023)

05/07/2023 (FR)Documentary, Drama1h 48m
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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Olfa Hamrouni

      Self

    2. Eya Chikhaoui

      Self

    3. Tayssir Chikhaoui

      Self

    4. Nour Karoui

      Rahma Chikhaoui

    5. Ichraq Matar

      Ghofrane Chikaoui

    6. Majd Mastoura

      Majd Mastoura

      The Man

    7. Hend Sabry

      Hend Sabry

      Olfa

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    A review by Brent Marchant

    4.0
    Written by Brent Marchant on Dec 29, 2023

    Fusing fact and fiction is a precarious undertaking for a filmmaker, especially when it comes to matters of clarity and credibility. And that’s where this latest offering from writer-director Kaouther Bin Hania misses the mark. This fact-based story about Olfa Hamrouni, a Tunisian single mother who loses her two eldest daughters, Ghofrane and Rahma, to the radical recruitment efforts of ISIL while trying to protect her two youngest daughters, Eya and Tayssir, from befalling a comparable fate struggles mightily to tell a coherent tale. The film clumsily mixes interviews with family members and ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageArabic

    Budget-

    Revenue$861,000.00

    Keywords

    • docudrama
    • woman director
    • intense
    • depressing
    • four daughters
    • chrysaor
    • kaouther ben hania