Credited cast: | |||
Nora El Koussour | ... | Layla | |
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Ilias Addab | ... | Abdel |
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Hassan Akkouch | ... | Zine |
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Yasemin Cetinkaya | ... | Oum Osama |
Husam Chadat | ... | Sheikh Abdullah Al Sabin | |
Sachli Gholamalizad | ... | Senna | |
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Karl Ferlin | ... | Gastheer vluchthuis Antwerpen |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Zouhair Ait Aadi | ... | Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium |
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Mohammed Azaay | ... | Vader |
Steef Cuijpers | ... | AIVD agent | |
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Miraj de Groof | ... | Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium |
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Kerem Demirci | ... | Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium |
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Nici Granit | ... | Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium |
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Juju Habip | ... | Jihadi trainingscamp Belgium |
Suhaib Nashwan | ... | Abu Osama (as Suhaib Neshwan) |
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 ...
At a time of the ISIS raucous war in the Middle East, a Muslim teen with a strong identity falls prey to Jiddahists, trading her confortable life in a working decent family in The Netherlands for an unknown future. Strong character but naive beliefs do the rest. Modest production, conveys the idea and tells a lesson