This is the first time in over 50 years that a Tunisian film has been included in the official competition. The novel claims exceptional status for France because of the magnificent and irresistibly human movement begun on the 14th of July 1789. In order to fill their absence on screen, the filmmaker called on two actresses to lift the veil on the personal story of this family, which touches on themes of hope, rebellion, transmission, and sisterhood. This documentary film tells the intimate story of a Tunisian mother of four daughters who suddenly discovers that two of them have disappeared. Ben Hania, president of the Critics’ Week jury last year, returns this time to present Les Filles d’Olfa. In 2017, Kaouther Ben Hania of Tunisia attracted attention with her third feature film, La Belle et la Meute, selected in the Un certain regard category. The second director in the official competition is not unknown to the Cannes community. Moroccan and Tunisian cinema in the spotlight The same goes for Ladj Ly, winner of the Jury Prize at Cannes in the same year with Les Misérables, which is the feature-length follow-up to the eponymous short film of the same name released in 2017. It’s a winning recipe that has already proved itself with Atlantique, by Mati Diop (with a Grand Prix at Cannes in 2019), an extension of the almost same-named short Atlantiques released 10 years earlier. READ MORE From Morocco to South Africa: The five must-see African films at Sundance festival
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