LES FILLES D’OLFA / FOUR DAUGHTERS

The life of Olfa, a Tunisian woman and mother of foru daughters, oscillates between light and shadow. One day, her two eldest daughters disappear. To fill their absence, director Kaouther Ben Hania calls upon professional actors and sets up an extraordinary film mechanism to unveil the story of Olfa and her daughters. An intimate journey full of hope, rebellion, violence, intergenerational transmission and sisterhood, which will question the very foundation of our societies.

KAUTER BEN HANIJA / KAOUTHER BEN HANIA

Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania (1977) studied cinema in Tunisia and then in Paris - Femis and la Sorbonne. Her film The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020), premiered at Venice Film Festival won the Best Actor Horizons award and was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards. Her previous film Beauty and the Dogs (2017) premiered at Cannes Film Festival official selection Un Certain Regard, won the Best Sound Award and was distributed in many countries. Challat of Tunis (2014), her first feature, opened the ACID section at Cannes Film Festival. Her second documentary Zaineb Hates the Snow (2016) premiered at Locarno Film Festival and won several awards. Imams go to School (2010), her first documentary premiered at IDFA.

 

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There is real emotional warmth and human sympathy in this film.

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian