Layla M. (2016)
Layla M. (2016)
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Cast & Crew.
Nora el Koussour
Layla
Ilias Addab
Abdel
Hassan Akkouch
Zine
Yasemin Çetinkaya
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
Mijke de Jong
Director
Juju Habip
Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
Jan Eilander
Writer
Batouz Nassaj
Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium
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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 young woman growing up. In Layla M., de Jong and her collaborator Jan Eilander wanted to examine the radicalisation of European youngsters. The writers were inspired by a real life account; they wrote the script during the Arab Spring and the trial of Geert Wilders.
The film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival in 2016. The home media reviews were favourable and internationally the film was well-received. At the Netherlands Film Festival, El Koussour won the Golden Calf for Best Actress and Mohammed Azaay won the Golden Calf Award for Best Supporting Actor. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.