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Layla

A British-Palestinian drag performer catches the eye of a straightlaced white man in Amrou Al-Kadhi’s stunning, semi-autobiographical debut.

2024 100 mins

Director: Amrou Al-Kadhi

Overview

The question of how love alters our identity lies at the heart of this debut from one of London’s best-loved drag queens. Amrou Al-Kadhi’s first feature considers the relationship between Palestinian-British drag performer Layla and their white, straightlaced new love interest, Max. Set against the backdrop of Feathers (a larger-than-life fictional queer space threatened by – the very real – spectre of gentrification), the pair meet when Layla performs an outrageous act at a drab corporate event. Thrown together by fate – and ready-meals – their curiosity gives way to full-blown attraction. But Layla wears a dress made of karate belts and Max lives in a stylish minimalist apartment – their enjoyment of each other is increasingly complicated by urgent questions of difference, forcing both to confront the bittersweet nature of attraction.

Director

Amrou Al-Kadhi

Featuring

Bilal Hasna and Louis Greatorex

Certificate

strong sex, sex references, nudity, language, drug misuse

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

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