Layla M.

Layla M.

201698 min6.6 / 10

A tense, intimate character study of a young woman's radicalization and moral reckoning within an extremist community, grounded in existential and spiritual conflict.

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.

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