Fact and fiction mix in Kaouther Ben Hania’s astonishing docudrama, winner of the Golden Eye award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category at this year’s Oscars. The film stars professional actresses alongside real family members in a retelling of a Tunisian mother’s heartbreak over two of her daughters’ departure to join the Islamic State. The director has invented a unique cinema experience to portray the life story of the mother and her four daughters.