Four Daughters

Name: Four Daughters
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 27, 2023
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Eya Chikhaoui, Hend Sabri, Ichrak Matar, Khaled Abol Naga, Majd Mastoura

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: October 27, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Eya Chikhaoui, Hend Sabri, Ichrak Matar, Khaled Abol Naga, Majd Mastoura, Nour Karoui, Olfa Hamrouni, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali

Summary: 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 intimateBetween 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.… Expand

Director: Kaouther Ben Hania

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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Amy Nicholson

Mar 14, 2024

Four Daughters is film as family therapy and family therapy as film. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

May 22, 2023

Rarely does Ben Hania’s film feel exploitative or manipulative. In fact, more than anything, Four Daughters is radical in its honesty and courage. Read full review

Collider Aidan Kelley

Feb 19, 2024

The result is a bold and sensational documentary that seamlessly blends reality and adaptation, successfully crafting a story of grief and trauma that is as profound as it is heartbreaking. Read full review

Farah Cheded

May 23, 2023

What Four Daughters does do, it does brilliantly. Ben Hania and her subjects give us a profound live window into the cycle of trauma and, in doing so, radically trace an under-recognized path between deeply personal pain and dogmatic extremism. Read full review

Tara Brady

Mar 1, 2024

The final scenes, even for those familiar with the real-world outcome, are haunting. Read full review

Derek Smith

Oct 24, 2023

A fascinating metacommentary courses beneath the film’s emotional storytelling surface. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

May 22, 2023

There is real emotional warmth and human sympathy in this otherwise somewhat flawed film, a docudrama experiment in getting actors to play some of the real people in a tragic news story from Tunisia. Read full review

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