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Layla (2024)

11/22/2024 Drama, Comedy, Romance 1h 40m
66%
User
Score
6.7/10
87%

Overview

When Layla, a struggling Arab drag queen, falls in love for the first time, they lose and find themself in a transformative relationship that tests who they really are.

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Bilal Hasna

Bilal Hasna

Layla

Louis Greatorex

Louis Greatorex

Max

Safiyya Ingar

Safiyya Ingar

Princy

Terique Jarrett

Terique Jarrett

Felix

Darkwah

Darkwah

Lucilla

Sarah Agha

Sarah Agha

Fatima

Self Esteem

Self Esteem

Emily

Emma McDonald

Emma McDonald

Areej

Ghazi Al Ruffai

Ghazi Al Ruffai

Travis

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Media

Mark Kermode reviews Layla (2024) | BFI Player

Mark Kermode reviews Layla (2024) | BFI Player

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Clip

Layla director Amrou Al-Kadhi | BFI Q&A

Layla director Amrou Al-Kadhi | BFI Q&A

Official Trailer

Official Trailer

Amrou Al-Kadhi on "Layla"

Amrou Al-Kadhi on "Layla"

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on January 14, 2025

When "Layla" (Bilal Hasna) dons the full drag regalia to perform at a corporate launch for some ready meal company and they pay her in vouchers, she isn't best pleased and so makes a speech annoying just about everyone in the room except the guy from the marketing company. He's "Max" (Louis Greatorex) and it's quite clear that there's a little chemistry between the two after a brief conversation on a stairwell. It's not long before they've hooked up and what's clear is that both are attracted to the other, but that both have their identification issues that might prove difficult for the other to reconcile. The question for each of them is the extent to which they can love each other and still be who they are, want or need to be. Now perhaps it's the old romantic in me, but I hated the endi...

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