Layla M. (2016): Cast, Box Office & Plot

Layla M., Nora el Koussour is a young Dutch-Moroccan woman raised in Amsterdam, where she confronts everyday Islamophobia and racism on the streets and at school. While her mother and father are happily assimilated into Dutch culture, Layla grows restless and begins to drift toward Islamic fundamentalism. She starts to watch and circulate short films she finds online about the oppression of Muslims in Syria and Gaza, and she decides to make a film of her own to tell a story she feels forgotten. This choice immediately unsettles her parents and marks the start of a personal and ideological clash at home.