Four Daughters (2023 film)

Four Daughters
French theatrical release poster
Arabicبنات ألفة
LiterallyOlfa's Daughters
Directed byKaouther Ben Hania
Written byKaouther Ben Hania[1]
Produced by
  • Nadim Cheikhrouha
  • Habib Attia
  • Thanassis Karathanos
  • Martin Hampel
CinematographyFarouk Laaridh[1]
Edited by
  • Kaouther Ben Hania[1]
  • Qutaiba Barhamji[1]
  • Jean-Christophe Hym[1]
Music byAmine Bouhafa[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byJour2Fête
Release dates
  • 19 May 2023 (2023-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 5 July 2023 (2023-07-05) (France)
  • 20 September 2023 (2023-09-20) (Tunisia)
Running time
107 minutes[1]
Countries
  • France
  • Germany
  • Tunisia
  • Saudi Arabia
LanguageArabic
Box office$1.2 million[2]

Four Daughters (Arabic: بنات ألفة, romanized: Banāt Olfa, French: Les Filles d'Olfa, lit. 'Olfa's Daughters') is a 2023 Arabic-language documentary[3] film directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. After two daughters of a Tunisian mother disappeared, the filmmaker invites professional actresses to compensate for the loss. The film is an international co-production between France, Tunisia, Germany and Saudi Arabia.[4]

The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 19 May 2023. It was released in France on 5 July 2023. It was selected as the Tunisian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards[5] and was nominated for Best Documentary Feature.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Les Filles d'Olfa". Festival de Cannes. Archived from the original on 16 October 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Four Daughters (2023)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  3. ^ Eboulé, Christian (13 April 2023). "Festival de Cannes : qui sont les deux cinéastes africaines dans la sélection officielle ?". TV5Monde (in French). Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Les Filles d'Olfa". Jour2Fête. Archived from the original on 5 June 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  5. ^ mounir (31 August 2023). "" بنات ألفة" لكوثر بن هنية، الفيلم المرشح لتمثيل تونس في جائزة الأوسكار لأفضل فيلم عالمي 2024". أنباء تونس (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (21 December 2023). "2024 Oscar Shortlists Unveiled: 'Barbie,' 'Poor Things,' 'Maestro,' and 'The Zone of Interest' Make the Cut". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.