(LES FILLES D’OLFA)
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Documentary | Running Time: 110 minutes
2023 / Arabic
Country: France, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Tunisia
Directed by: Kaouther Ben Hania
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Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania studied cinema in Tunisia and at Femis and La Sorbonne in Paris. She directed several shorts, features and documentaries - The Man Who Sold his skin, Beauty and the Dogs, Zaineb Hates the Snow, The Challat of Tunis – which all travelled to European festivals including Cannes, Venice and Locarno.
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Mon 04 Dec | 9:05 PM - 11:05 PM
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Red Sea Galas at The Ritz-Carlton
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Thu 07 Dec | 5:25 PM - 7:20 PM
VOX Cinema Imax 7 Red Sea Mall
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VOX Cinema Imax 7 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
ProducerHabib Attia, Nadim Cheikhrouha, Thanassis Karathanos, Martin Hampel
CastHend Sabri, Olfa Hamrouni, Eya Chikhaoui, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Nour Karoui, Ishrak Matar, Majd Mastoura
ScriptwriterJean-Christophe Hym, Qutaiba Barhamji, Kaouther Ben Hania
The Chikhaoui family hit the news in 2016 when two of the formidable Olfa Houmani’s four teenage daughters left Tunisia to fight with Daesh in Libya. Speaking to camera in Ben Hania’s remarkable docufiction, Olfa sometimes blames the government - for allowing jihadist preachers to push their views - and sometimes blames her own harsh, often cruel brand of smother love as the director burrows into this divided family’s painful dynamic. Two actors play the fugitive rebels in scenes recreating the past, while the younger girls play themselves; Olfa sometimes speaks for herself and sometimes watches as star Hend Sabry stands in for her. Shown in competition in Cannes.