Four Daughters
<PERSON> has, per the title, four daughters; the shocking story of what happened to two of them (but really, to everyone in the family) is brought to life by Tunisian documentarian <PERSON>, who brings in two actors to play the two absent daughters for a combination of documentary and reenactment. “We’re going to relive it all,” explains daughter <PERSON>. 549
“It’s going to open those wounds.” She is not wrong. The turns of their story are shocking and occasionally hard to take, though they approach these memories with a combination of pain and humor; its feels something akin to <PERSON> "Procession," an affecting example of filmmaking as trauma therapy. Innovative and inventive in form, and powerful in both its roars and its silences, this is one of the best documentaries of 2023. 352