Four Daughters

One of the biggest surprises of Cannes main competition, combines fiction, documentary, police reconstruction, and psychodrama. This astonishing hybrid form allows one of the most acclaimed directors of Tunisian cinema, Kaouther Ben Hania (her film The Man Who Sold His Skin received an Oscar nomination), to delve deep into a story trivialized by the media. Her protagonist is Olfa (in person, but sometimes portrayed on screen by actress Hind Sabri), a lower-class mother of four daughters. The two youngest daughters appear in the film, while the disappearance of the two eldest (portrayed by actresses) becomes the subject of a captivating „investigation.” Ben Hania traces the power of a problematic intergenerational female message, brings to light the widely accepted domestic and systemic violence, and punctuates how seemingly distant political changes shape individual destinies. Profoundly moving, occasionally confrontational, undeniably provocative, and incredibly bold, Four Daughters is also a testament to the strength, perseverance, and solidarity of women. And a few supporting male roles are played by Majd Mastoura, who can also be seen in  After, also in competition.

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