CANNES : Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania mixes fiction and documentary to capture the story of Olfa Hamrouni, whose older daughters left to fight for Islamic State in 'Four Daughters,' her first entry for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize.The only Arab entry in competition follows Hamrouni, who dr
CANNES : Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania mixes fiction and documentary to capture the story of Olfa Hamrouni, whose older daughters left to fight for Islamic State in"Four Daughters," her first entry for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize.
"Taking a deeper look at the contradictions, the sensations, the emotions requires time that journalists do not have. It is the role of cinema to explore these areas, these ambiguities of the human spirit," Ben Hania said in a news release.
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