Layla M.
2016
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Mijke de Jong (born 23 September 1959) is a Dutch film director, screenwriter and producer. She is known for creating films such as Bluebird (2004), Frailer (2014), Layla M. (2016) and God Only Knows (2019).
Mijke de Jong was born on 23 September 1959 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is a director and writer, known for Stages (2007), Layla M. (2016) and Hartverscheurend (1993).
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- Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Sep 21, 2016 · That's what veteran Dutch director Mijke de Jong and her husband, screenwriter Jan Eilander, have tried to accomplish with Layla M. The film is a case study in the origins of radicalism, following its titular protagonist (Nora El Koussour) through disillusionment with her moderate Muslim parents, who would very much like to see Layla assimilate ...
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Mijke de Jong (Rotterdam, 23 september 1959) is een Nederlands filmregisseuse en scenarioschrijfster.
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.
Dec 1, 2017 · Director Mijke de Jong says the biggest challenge of her timely drama was crafting a character who follows her jihadist husband to Syria in service of radical Islam — but is still a likeable...
Sep 5, 2017 · Mijke de Jong’s “Layla M.,” a topical drama which competed at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, has been selected as the Dutch entry for the foreign-language Oscar category.
