Four Daughters
Les Filles d’Olfa
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COUNTRIES: France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia YEAR: 2023 RUNTIME: 110 min
DIRECTED BY: Kaouther Ben Hania
LANGUAGE(S): Arabic
SUBTITLES: German
CAST: Hend Sabri, Olfa Hamrouni, Nour Karoui, Ichraq Matar, Majd Mastoura
SCRIPT: Kaouther Ben Hania
PRODUCED BY: Nadim Cheikhrouha
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Farouk Laâridh
EDITED BY: Qutaiba Barhamji
SCORE: Amine Bouhafa
SCREENINGS
SYNOPSIS
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.
Kaouther Ben Hania
Kaouther Ben Hania studied Filmmaking in Tunis and in Paris. She directed several short films, which were selected for various international film festivals, and received numerous awards. In 2014 her first feature-length film THE CHALLAT OF TUNIS opened the ACID section at Cannes. Kaouther Ben Hania, who is continually experimenting with her documentary and fiction work, is competing for the first time in the Official Selection at Cannes with FOUR DAUGHTERS, a fictional documentary
Wooden Hand (2013), The Challat of Tunis (2014), Zaineb Hates the Snow (2016), Beauty and the Dogs (2017), Sheik’s Watermelons (2018), The Man Who Sold His Skin (2021), Olfas Töchter (2023)
PRODUCTION: Cinétéléfilms, Tanit Films
WORLD SALES: The Party Film Sales
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Rapid Eye Movies (office@rapideyemovies.de)