Four Daughters (2023 film)

Four Daughters (Arabic: بنات ألفة, French: Les Filles d'Olfa) is a 2023 Arabic-language documentary[2] film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. After two daughters of a Tunisian mother disappeared, the filmmaker invites professional actresses to compensate for the loss. The film is an international co-production between France, Tunisia, Germany and Saudia Arabia.[3]

Four Daughters
Directed byKaouther Ben Hania
Written byKaouther Ben Hania[1]
Produced by
  • Nadim Cheikhrouha
  • Habib Attia
CinematographyFarouk Laaridh[1]
Edited by
  • Kaouther Ben Hania[1]
  • Qutaiba Barhamji[1]
  • Jean-Christophe Hym[1]
Music byAmine Bouhafa[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byJour2Fête
Release dates
  • 19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) (France)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Tunisia
  • Saudi Arabia
LanguageArabic

The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it is set to premiere on 19 May 2023.

Premise

Tunisian Olfa is the mother of four daughters. One day her two older daughters disappear. To fill the void left, film director Kaouther Ben Hania invites professional actresses and brings the viewer closer to the life stories of Olfa and her daughters.[4] The film mixes documentary and fiction.[5]

Cast
  • Hend Sabri as Olfa
  • Nour Karoui as Rahma Chikhaoui
  • Ichraq Matar as Ghofrane Chikhaoui
  • Majd Mastoura
  • Olfa Hamrouni
  • Eya Chikahoui
  • Tayssir Chikhaoui

Background

Tunisian Olfa Hamrouni rose to international prominence in April 2016 when she publicized the radicalization of her two teenage daughters, Rahma and Ghofrane Chikhaoui. Both teenagers had left Tunisia to fight alongside the Islamic State (IS) in Libya. Hamrouni publicly criticized the Tunisian authorities for not preventing her daughter Rahma from leaving the country.[6] After the arrest of the two women by Libyan forces, the authorities again did not react. Hamrouni is also said to have been prevented from leaving the country in order to look for her daughters in Libya on her own.[7]

Production

The film is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha at Paris-based Tanit Films and Habib Attia at Tunis-based Cinétéléfilms.[8]

Release

Four Daughters was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival,[9] where it will have its world premiere on 19 May 2023.[10] This is the second participation of a Tunisian production in the Cannes main competition since Abdellatif Ben Ammar's feature film A Simple Story in 1970.[11] The film will be theatrically released in France by Jour2Fête on 5 July 2023.[3]

References
  1. "LES FILLES D'OLFA". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. Eboulé, Christian (13 April 2023). "Festival de Cannes : qui sont les deux cinéastes africaines dans la sélection officielle ?". TV5Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. "LES FILLES D'OLFA". Jour2Fête. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  4. "Four Daughters". thepartysales.com. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. Aftab, Kaleem (24 April 2023). "Tunisia's 'Four Daughters' is Cannes' only competing Arab film as festival shifts east". The Arab Weekly. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  6. "Les Tunisiens de retour des zones de conflit seront judiciarisés". African Manager (in French). 19 November 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  7. "La mère des deux terroristes Rahma et Ghofrane : « J'accuse ! »". African Manager (in French). 27 April 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  8. Goodfellow, Melanie (6 September 2020). "Kaouther Ben Hania on the real-life inspiration for 'The Man Who Sold His Skin'". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. "The films of the Official Selection 2023". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  10. mraultpauillac (10 May 2023). "The Screenings Guide of the 76th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ""Les filles d'Olfa" de Kaouther Ben Hania au Festival de Cannes". mosaiquefm.net. 13 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.


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