Four Daughters

Four Daughters

2023•1h 48m•7.5/10

DocumentaryDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.5/10(106)

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.

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Production

Tanit Films, Cinétéléfilms, Twenty Twenty Vision Filmproduktion, Red Sea Fund, ZDF/Arte, jour2fête

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Olfa Hamrouni

Self

Eya Chikhaoui

Self

Tayssir Chikhaoui

Self

Nour Karoui

Nour Karoui

Rahma Chikhaoui

Ichraq Matar

Ichraq Matar

Ghofrane Chikaoui

Majd Mastoura

Majd Mastoura

The Man

Hend Sabry

Hend Sabry

Olfa

Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali

Self

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