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Layla M., is a 2016 Saudi movie, directed by Mijke de Jong, and starring Nora el Koussour, Ilias Addab, Hassan Akkouch. with a runtime of 98 minutes.
Layla M. is a Dutch drama film following eighteen-year-old Layla, a young Muslim woman of Moroccan descent growing up in Amsterdam. Repeatedly confronted by prejudice and a sense of not belonging, she is drawn toward radical Islam in search of identity, purpose, and community. What initially feels like acceptance soon reveals itself as something far more demanding and dangerous, ultimately confronting Layla with an impossible choice that will define the rest of her life. The film is a nuanced and humanizing portrait of radicalization, exploring how exclusion and the hunger for belonging can push a young person toward extremism.
Layla M. is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Mijke de Jong. It stars Nora El Koussour as Layla, a young Dutch woman of Moroccan background who rebels against her family and schooling to become an Islamic fundamentalist. As in other films by de Jong, the focus is on a strong-willed woman coming of age. In Layla M., de Jong and her collaborator Jan Eilander wanted to examine the radicalisation of European youngsters. The writers were inspired by a contemporary account.
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