Layla, a 15-year-old living in Brixton, London, becomes involved with a gang and must set up a boy to be killed.
Acting
Jessica Sula's devastating stillness — she says everything with her eyes.
Direction
Johnson shoots Brixton like a pressure cooker about to blow.
Director
Rebecca Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a real 2008 case where a 15-year-old girl lured a boy to his death in London, though Johnson deliberately fictionalized details to explore psychological complexity rather than true crime sensationalism.
Shot on location with mostly first-time actors from Brixton youth programs, giving the estate scenes an uneasy documentary authenticity that professional casting couldn't replicate.
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