Hull Independent Cinema: Four Daughters

The story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters, unpacking a complex family history through intimate interviews and performance to examine how the Tunisian woman’s two eldest were radicalised by Islamic extremists. With professional actors as the missing daughters and their mother, the film restages pivotal moments in the family’s life, interwoven with reflections from Olfa and her younger daughters, giving the women the chance to tell their own story and capturing moments of joy, loss, violence, and heartache. A compelling portrait of five women and a unique and ambitious work of nonfiction cinema.

Starring Olfa Hamrouni, Tayssir Chikhaoui, Eya Chikhaoui, Hind Sabri

Dir Kaouther Ben Hania | 2023 | France, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Tunisia | 107 min | 15 | Arabic