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Critical reactions were largely positive. The Hollywood Reporter called it “a small, devastating film that earns its emotional punch.” Variety noted, “De Jong directs with a documentarian’s eye and a novelist’s sense of interiority.” Some critics argued the pacing is too slow or that the ending (which avoids explicit violence) feels abrupt. However, most agree the film succeeds as a necessary, uncomfortable mirror for European audiences.

is a 2016 Dutch drama film directed by Mijke de Jong . It explores the sensitive and timely topic of radicalization through the eyes of an 18-year-old girl living in Amsterdam. Layla M Imdb