Four Daughters
Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania
2024 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature Film
One of the year's most acclaimed releases, this riveting documentary by two-time Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania (The Man Who Sold His Skin) uses an audacious formal conceit to tell the story of Olfa Hamrouni and her four daughters. Attempting to answer the question of how and why the Tunisian woman’s two eldest were radicalized, Ben Hania reveals a complex history. We watch as the family relives key events in their lives with help from professional actors standing in for the missing girls. Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature at the Gotham Awards, and Best Writing at the IDA Documentary Awards, Four Daughters is a compelling portrait of five women and a unique and ambitious work of nonfiction cinema that pushes against the conventional boundaries of the documentary form to explore the nature of memory, rebellion, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.
Reviews More Reviews
“A revelatory, poignant blend of drama, memory, and self-scrutiny."
“Formally daring, emotionally gripping…a heartbreaker about mothers and daughters, the cruelty of repression and the slippery but revealing nature of performance.”
“An enthralling narrative about memory, motherhood and the inherited traumas of a patriarchal society."
"A daring and emotional act of cinematic… healing. Cathartic, affecting and original."
“A fascinating, gripping watch. A rare and deeply penetrating film.”
“Genuinely hard to forget. It will linger with you for days afterward.”
“A distinctive, daring and original work.”
“Takes us into the intimate, inner circle of family ties to tell a larger story of our time.”
“Utterly transfixing …an exhilarating confrontation between truth and performance.”
“Compelling, ambitious … a therapeutic exercise, and a commentary on the filmmaking process itself.”
“Shows the intrinsic complexity of human behavior, the stark truths of living within complex realities, and the glimmer of hope that circles of trauma can be overcome by new generations”
Awards & Festivals
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Technical Info
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Color: Color
Press & Promotion:
playdates
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a/perture cinema | Winston Salem | NC | 1700802000November 24 - November 30, 2023 |
Alamo Drafthouse Winchester | Winchester | VA | 1700024400November 15, 2023 |
All Saints Cinema / Tallahassee Film Society | Tallahassee | FL | 1707454800February 9 - February 11, 2024 |
American Cinematheque | Los Angeles | CA | 1704344400January 4 - January 9, 2024 |
Art Theatre of Long Beach | Long Beach | CA | 1708146000February 17 - February 18, 2024 |
Austin Film Society | Austin | TX | 1699765200November 12, 2023 |
Avalon Theatre | Washington | DC | 1707973200February 15 - March 7, 2024 |
Brattle Theatre | Cambridge | MA | 1709269200March 1 - March 4, 2024 |
Cape Ann Community Cinema | Gloucester | MA | 1706850000February 2 - February 8, 2024 |
Chelsea Theater | Chapel Hill | NC | 1709269200March 1 - March 14, 2024 |
Cinemapolis | Ithaca | NY | 1706850000February 2 - February 8, 2024 |
Cinestudio | Hartford | CT | 1700802000November 24 - November 30, 2023 |
Cleveland Cinematheque | Cleveland | OH | 1709355600March 2, 2024 |
Columbus Theatre | Providence | RI | 1709355600March 2 - March 3, 2024 |
Crandell Theatre | Chatham | NY | 1708837200February 25, 2024 |
Dairy Arts Center | Boulder | CO | 1707282000February 7 - February 11, 2024 |
DCTV’s Firehouse Cinema | New York | NY | 1708664400February 23 - February 29, 2024 |
Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit | MI | 1705640400January 19 - January 21, 2024 |
Dietrich Theater | Tunkhannock | PA | 1708405200February 20 - March 7, 2024 |
Digital Gym Cinema | San Diego | CA | 1708664400February 23 - February 29, 2024 |
Film Streams | Omaha | NE | 1700197200November 17 - November 23, 2023 |
FilmScene | Iowa City | IA | 1699592400November 10 - November 16, 2023 |
Flint Institute of Arts | Flint | MI | 1705035600January 12 - January 14, 2024 |
Gateway Film Center | Columbus | OH | 1702616400December 15, 2023 - March 9, 2024 |
Gene Siskel Film Center | Chicago | IL | 1700197200November 17 - November 23, 2023 |
Grail Moviehouse | Asheville | NC | 1709269200March 1 - March 14, 2024 |
Grand Cinema | Tacoma | WA | 1709010000February 27, 2024 |
Honolulu Museum of Art | Honolulu | HI | 1710993600March 21 - March 30, 2024 |
Hope College - Knickerbocker Theatre | Holland | MI | 1708318800February 19 - February 24, 2024 |
IFC Center | New York | NY | 1698379200October 27, 2023 - January 4, 2024 |
Kan-Kan Cinema | Indianapolis | IN | 1699592400November 10 - November 16, 2023 |
Laemmle Theatres | Los Angeles | CA | 1698984000November 3, 2023 - February 12, 2024 |
Lark Theater | Larkspur | CA | 1700197200November 17 - November 23, 2023 |
Lumiere Cinema | Los Angeles | CA | 1705208400January 14 - February 22, 2024 |
Magic Lantern Theatre | Spokane | WA | 1705035600January 12 - January 18, 2024 |
Mariemont Theatre | Cincinnati | OH | 1703221200December 22 - December 24, 2023 |
Mary D. Fisher Theatre | Sedona | AZ | 1704430800January 5 - January 11, 2024 |
Maysles Documentary Center | New York | NY | 1698292800October 26, 2023 |
Michigan Theater | Ann Arbor | MI | 1702789200December 17, 2023 |
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth | Fort Worth | TX | 1709874000March 8 - March 14, 2024 |
Moxie Cinema | Springfield | MO | 1711512000March 27, 2024 |
MSP Film Society | Minneapolis | MN | 1699592400November 10 - November 23, 2023 |
Munson Williams Proctor Arts Center | Utica | NY | 1708491600February 21 - February 23, 2024 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston | Houston | TX | 1702616400December 15 - December 16, 2023 |
Museum of the Moving Image | Astoria | NY | 1707973200February 15, 2024 |
New Plaza Cinema | New York | NY | 1705035600January 12 - January 21, 2024 |
Nitehawk Cinema | Brooklyn | NY | 1700024400November 15, 2023 |
Nitehawk Cinema | Brooklyn | NY | 1708750800February 24 - February 25, 2024 |
Northwest Film Forum | Seattle | WA | 1704258000January 3 - January 7, 2024 |
O Cinema | Miami Beach | FL | 1708664400February 23 - February 29, 2024 |
Oklahoma City Museum of Art | Oklahoma City | OK | 1706850000February 2 - February 3, 2024 |
Philadelphia Film Society | Philadelphia | PA | 1699592400November 10 - November 16, 2023 |
Phoenix Film Society | Phoenix | AZ | 1704258000January 3, 2024 |
Pickford Film Center | Bellingham | WA | 1706245200January 26 - February 1, 2024 |
Plaza Theatre | Atlanta | GA | 1709269200March 1 - March 7, 2024 |
Portland Museum of Art | Portland | ME | 1701406800December 1 - December 3, 2023 |
Princeton Garden Theatre | Princeton | NJ | 1711598400March 28, 2024 |
Putnam Theater | Keene | NH | 1707454800February 9 - February 12, 2024 |
Quad Cinema | New York | NY | 1706245200January 26 - February 1, 2024 |
Ragtag Cinema | Columbia | MO | 1707454800February 9 - February 13, 2024 |
Rehoboth Beach Film Society | Rehoboth Beach | DE | 1704430800January 5 - January 18, 2024 |
Rose Theatre | Port Townsend | WA | 1709874000March 8 - March 14, 2024 |
Ross Media Arts Center | Lincoln | NE | 1710475200March 15, 2024 |
Roxie Theater | San Francisco | CA | 1699592400November 10 - November 30, 2023 |
Screen Door Microcinema | Tampa | FL | 1705554000January 18 - January 22, 2024 |
Smith Rafael Film Center | San Rafael | CA | 1704862800January 10, 2024 |
Speed Art Museum | Louisville | KY | 1704430800January 5 - January 6, 2024 |
State Theatre | Modesto | CA | 1708059600February 16 - February 25, 2024 |
Suns Cinema | Washington | DC | 1709701200March 6, 2024 |
Taos Center For The Arts | Taos | NM | 1707454800February 9 - February 15, 2024 |
The Beverly Theater | Las Vegas | NV | 1705035600January 12 - January 14, 2024 |
The Broad Theater | New Orleans | LA | 1706072400January 24, 2024 |
The Civic Theater | Allentown | PA | 1705640400January 19 - January 21, 2024 |
The Civic Theater | Allentown | PA | 1707454800February 9 - February 11, 2024 |
The Clairidge | Montclair | NJ | 1708664400February 23 - February 29, 2024 |
The Lamphouse Theatre | Twin Falls | ID | 1711080000March 22 - March 28, 2024 |
The Little Theatre | Rochester | NY | 1706331600January 27 - February 4, 2024 |
The Moviehouse | Millerton | NY | 1709442000March 3 - March 7, 2024 |
The Music Hall | Portsmouth | NH | 1711166400March 23 - March 24, 2024 |
The New Parkway Theater | Oakland | CA | 1706850000February 2 - February 8, 2024 |
The Ryder Film Series | Bloomington | IN | 1699592400November 10 - November 19, 2023 |
Tropic Cinema | Key West | FL | 1709874000March 8 - March 14, 2024 |
Wayfarer Theaters | Highland Park | IL | 1701406800December 1 - December 7, 2023 |
White River Indie Film Festival | White River Junction | VT | 1708059600February 16, 2024 |
Zeitgeist Theatre | Arabi | LA | 1699592400November 10 - November 16, 2023 |