THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB

Proiezione ufficiale

  • wednesday, 3 september 2025
Sala Grande
16:30
di Kaouther Ben Hania
con Amer Hlehel, Clara Khoury, Motaz Malhees, Saja Kilani

(2025, Tunisia, France, 90')

To recount the dramatic story of Hind Rajab, the five-year-old girl trapped under a car in Gaza who called the Red Crescent in a one-hour plea for help, the director chose to use the original audio of the call. Completed in just twelve months, the film is set entirely in a single stage space, focusing attention on the tragedy. Violence is evoked through what remains unseen: silence, fear, and waiting become the true protagonists. Among the most anticipated titles of the Venice Film Festival, The Voice of Hind Rajab emerges both as a denunciation of war crimes and as a reflection on collective responsibility and memory. Kaouther Ben Hania demonstrates how cinema can serve as a powerful instrument of testimony, transforming the screen into a space where Hind’s voice—and that of countless other victims—can continue to live and be heard.

di Maria Casadei
Kaouther Ben Hania

After her studies in Tunis, Kaouther Ben Hania (Sidi Bouzid, 1977) moved to Paris, where she pursued further training at the Sorbonne. Her films, including Le Challat de Tunis (2014) and La Belle et la Meute (2017), critically explore the condition of women in Tunisia and have been widely acclaimed at international festivals. With L’Homme qui a vendu sa peau (2020), featuring Monica Bellucci, she earned Tunisia’s first-ever nomination for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Presented in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival, the film also won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor, awarded to Yahya Mahayni. In 2023 she presented Les Filles d’Olfa (Four Daughters) at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Cinéma Positif Prize; in 2024 the film received the César Award for Best Documentary.

  • wednesday, 3 september 2025

INTERNATIONAL CRITICS

SCREEN
INTERNATIONAL
Rated 3 out of 5
THE HOLLYWOOD
REPORTER
Rated 5 out of 5
THE FILM
VERDICT
Rated 4.5 out of 5
Boris Bastide
Le Monde
Rated 5 out of 5
BEN CROLL
INDIEWIRE
Rated 4 out of 5
JONATHAN ROMNEY
THE OBSERVER
Rated 4.5 out of 5
TOMMASO KOCH
EL PAIS
Rated 4 out of 5
J.H. Leitao Ramos
EXPRESSO
Rated 4 out of 5
BARBARA HOLLENDER
rzeczpospolita
Rated 5 out of 5
Daniel Kothenschulte
FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU
Rated 5 out of 5

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