Synopsis
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.
The 2015–2017 Other Asia Window
Layla M. holds position #43 of 78 Other Asia films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Other Asia Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Other Asia — 30 titles released, including Layla M.. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (226 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 29 other Other Asia films in 2016.
The 385th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Audience Engagement
47 audience reviews — more than 87% of Other Asia films in our index.
Review volume (87th percentile) outruns trending popularity (69th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #333 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #245 of 356 (top 69%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Netherlands |
| Original Language | Arabic |
| Spoken Languages | Arabic, French, English, Dutch |
| Production Companies | Schiwago Film, Chromosom Filmproduktion, Topkapi Films, Imaginarium Films, Menuet |
| Runtime | 1h 38m |
| Release Date | November 17, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5712152 |