Hind Rajab was a six-year-old Palestinian girl who in January, 2024 was trying to escape the violence in Gaza together with her family.

After the shelling of the family’s vehicle, Hind managed to contact a Red Crescent call center to ask for help. Using the actual recording with her voice (and the blessing of her family), this film dramatizes the call center’s attempt to reach her before it’s too late. The filmmakers shoulder an immense responsibility to make this work; a tad melodramatic at times, but very intense, especially during that last half hour.

Gripping, with a good cast.

2025-Tunisia-France. 89 min. Color. Written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Cast: Saja Kilani (Rana Hassan Faqih), Motaz Malhees (Omar Alqam), Amer Hlehel (Mahdi Aljamal), Clara Khoury (Nisreen Jeries Qawas), Nesbat Serhan. 

Trivia: Original title: Sawt Hind Rajab. Co-executive produced by Alfonso Cuarón, Jonathan Glazer, Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix and Brad Pitt.

Venice: Grand Jury Prize.

Last word: “I could have done a documentary with all the investigative work around the killing, but I thought, ‘We are done explaining. All those elements exist online already. I needed to use cinema for empathy.’” (Ben Hania, Another Magazine)