Layla Fourie

Layla Fourie (2013)

Layla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.

Date of release
2013-07-04
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 47m
Genres
Thriller
Director
Pia Marais

Casting

Interesting facts

Layla Fourie is a 2013 English-language thriller film directed by Pia Marais and co-written by Marais and Horst Markgraf. An international co-production between Germany, South Africa, France and the Netherlands, the film stars Rayna Campbell as a single mother in South Africa who begins work as a polygraph operator and becomes implicated in a crime after a road accident. The film premiered in the Competition section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it received a Special Mention from the International Jury.

Production

The screenplay was written by Pia Marais and Horst Markgraf. The film was produced by Claudia Steffen and Christoph Friedel, with production companies including Pandora Filmproduktion, Topkapi Films, Cinéma Defacto, WDR, Arte and Spier Productions & DV8 Films/Zinebar. The Match Factory handled international sales.

Marais, who was born in South Africa and based in Germany, set the film in South Africa. Crossing Europe described Layla Fourie as her world premiere in the 2013 Berlinale Competition.

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