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Layla M. (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2016 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Jordan ( Africa, Middle East )
Netherlands ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Mijke de Jong

Written By:
Jan Eilander

Mijke de Jong

Actors:
Nora El Koussour ..... Layla
Ilias Addab ..... Abdel
Hassan Akkouch ..... Zine
Yasemin Cetinkaya ..... Oum Osama
Husam Chadat ..... Sheikh Abdullah Al Sabin
Sachli Gholamalizad ..... Senna
Karl Ferlin ..... Gastheer vluchthuis Antwerpen
Zouhair Ait Aadi ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Mohammed Azaay ..... Vader
Steef Cuijpers ..... AIVD agent
Miraj de Groof ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Kerem Demirci ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Nici Granit ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Juju Habip ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Suhaib Nashwan ..... Abu Osama
Batouz Nassaj ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Ayisha Siddiqi ..... Meryem
Sajid Siddiqui ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Johan Siefken ..... Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Bilal Wahib ..... Younes

Synopsis:

Layla is an 18-year old girl, born and raised in Amsterdam. Layla is smart, witty and stubborn - and of Moroccan background. In the times of constant terrorist threat, she struggles with the increasing suspicion towards girls with headscarves and boys with beards that she witnesses every day. While her frustration grows, her faith intensifies. Eventually, she joins a group of Muslims who fight for their practice of Islam. Layla posts films online depicting the horrors in Syria and Gaza and makes political flyers. And she flirts with the charismatic Abdel. When her peaceful brother and she are arrested by the police, Layla, feeling hurt and isolated in her anger, more and more in conflict with her parents, is left with only one option: to leave home. She chooses marriage, with Abdel. After their wedding, Layla and Abdel roam the country together, perform 'missionary work', and raise money for the good cause. But after they narrowly escape a raid by the Belgian police on a group of young jihadists, they have to flee, to the Middle East. Layla encounters a world that nurtures her ideas initially, but finally confronts her with an impossible choice.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 April, 2021.

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