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Four Daughters

Name: Four Daughters
Released: 2023

Les Filles d'Olfa

2023

When a Tunisian mother's two eldest daughters vanish — radicalized and drawn to ISIS — the filmmaker restages the family's story with actresses standing in for the missing girls, blurring documentary and drama to unearth the truth. A haunting, inventive film.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Tunisia

This film is stop 5 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Tunisia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Tunisia in the 196 country film challenge.