FOUR DAUGHTERS

by Kaouther Ben Hania

“Four Daughters” tells the extraordinary story of OLFA and her 4 daughters. A story so incredible and terrible that it seems like fiction to us.

Documentary, France / Tunisia / Germany / Saudi Arabia, 110 min., 2023
HD – color – 5.1 – arabic

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.

Actresses: Hend Sabri, Nour Karoui, Ichraq Matar, Majd Mastoura
Real persons: Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikahoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui

Produced by:
Nadim Cheikhrouha, Habib Attia, Thanassis Kharathanos, Martin Hampel

Production companies:
Tanit Films, Cinetelefilms, Twenty Twenty Vision

Coproduced by:
RED SEA, ZDF/ARTE, Jour2fête

World Sales:
The Party Film Sales

German Distribution:
Rapid Eye Movies

Screenplay:
Kaouther Ben Hania

Photography:
Farouk Laaridh

Music:
Amine Bouhafa

Editing:
Jean-Christophe Hym, Qutiba Barhamji, Kaouther Ben Hania

FESTIVALS
Festival de Cannes / in competition 2023

AWARDS
Œil d’Or – Golden Eye, Cannes
Prix de la Citoyenneté, Cannes
Prix du Cinéma Positif, Cannes
Mention du Prix François Chalais, Cannes
ARRI/OSRAM Award, Best International Film, Munich Film Festival
Jury Award – International Competition, Brussels IFF
Phoenix Award, Film Festival Cologne