Layla M.

Layla M.

2016 · 98 min · AR · 6.6 (57 votes)
Dir. Mijke de Jong · Starring Nora el Koussour, Ilias Addab, Hassan Akkouch, Yasemin Çetinkaya, Husam Chadat, Karl Ferlin · Music Can Erdogan
Drama

18-year-old Layla, a Dutch girl with Moroccan roots, joins a group of radical Muslims. She encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initally, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.

VIBE

A raw, unflinching look at a young woman's search for purpose. It pulls you into her world, exploring the allure of radical ideology and the devastating personal cost. Intense and deeply human.

intenseunsettlingurgentconflictedsteadygritty realismcharacter-driven dramaobservationalidentityradicalizationfaithbelonging
islamjihadwoman director