Four DaughtersFour Daughters

Kaouther Ben Hania retells a Tunisian mother’s family story with actors standing in for two daughters who left to join Daesh fighters in Libya.

Four Daughters follows Olfa, a Tunisian mother of four daughters. One of her older daughters becomes radicalised and leaves the family to join Daesh fighters in Libya; later the other does the same. Director Kaouther Ben Hania retells the family’s story with Olfa and her two remaining daughters on screen, while professional actors stand in for the absent sisters and the men in their lives. Olfa Hamrouni appears as herself, alongside Eya Chikhaoui and Tayssir Chikhaoui. Hend Sabry plays Olfa, with Nour Karoui as Rahma Chikhaoui, Ichraq Matar as Ghofrane Chikaoui and Majd Mastoura as The Man. The film mixes documentary and fiction.

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