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‘Layla’ Review: Amrou Al-Kadhi’s Engaging Study Of Love In The Pronoun Era – Sundance Film Festival
Gay cinema has certainly turned a corner lately, in the wake of films as varied as Cassandro, Rustin and All of Us Strangers, stories in which the leader character’s sexuality might form a crucial …
Leading the vanguard for the next generation is this confident debut from 33-year-old British-Iraqi director Amrou Al-Kadhi, a frank and emotionally honest portrait of someone who falls outside society’s boxes and steadfastly refuses to conform to them. The polite, suburban setting is an interesting counterpoint to Layla’s largely urban, nocturnal existence, and there’s a lot of irony too, as men in skirts dance like dervishes, much like the clientele at Feathers. Title: Layla Section: Sundance(World Dramatic) Sales agents: Independent Entertainment (International), WME (US) Director/screenwriter: Amrou Al-Kadhi Cast: Bilal Hasna, Louis Greatorex, Safiyya Ingar Running time: 1 hr 39 min
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