In Tunisia in 2016, in the wake of the Arab Spring, divorced mother of four Olfa Hamrouni discovers two of her daughters have vanished, only to learn they have run off to Syria to join ISIS. Writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania mixes the real Olfa and her two youngest daughters with professional actors who play the vanished sisters in a cinematic attempt to understand why. The film was a FilmColumbia23 selection and winner of a Cannes Golden Eye. "This is a heartbreaker about mothers, the cruelty of repression, and the slippery but revealing nature of performance." - Justin Chang, LA Times
