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      Lilya 4-Ever

      R Released Apr 11, 2003 1h 49m Drama List
      85% Tomatometer 71 Reviews 91% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings Lilya (Oksana Akinshina) lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt (Liliya Shinkaryova), who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha (Elina Benenson) and Volodya (Artiom Bogucharski), who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei (Pavel Ponomaryov). He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilya arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral. Read More Read Less
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      A tragic, hard-hitting story about a teenager trapped in a life of prostitution.

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      James Christopher Times (UK) After making such a brilliant splash with his first two films -- Show Me Love and Together -- the Swedish director Lukas Moodysson seems to dry up in Lilya 4-ever. Dec 7, 2018 Full Review Alexander Walker London Evening Standard The social questions it raises are real enough; its sentimentality is what makes one doubt Moodysson is Ingmar Bergman's heir. Not by a long sob. Jan 10, 2018 Full Review Empire Magazine Rated: 4/5 Dec 30, 2006 Full Review Wael Khairy The Cinephile Fix The film left me completely devastated and Oksana Akinshina’s performance is absolutely heartbreaking....“Lilya 4-ever” was so powerful it helped reshape laws within society. This is as important and urgent as cinema gets. Nov 20, 2023 Full Review Anton Bitel Projected Figures Lukas Moodysson’s drama of innocence lost and love exploited is hard-hitting and relentlessly depressing. Jan 28, 2023 Full Review Jay Antani Cinema Writer Lilya 4-Ever gives us a glorious, heart-wrenching debut performance in the lead, as auspicious as any in the history of cinema." Rated: 3/4 Aug 17, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Hilário the scene of her mother leaving, I died crying. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/05/23 Full Review Colin M A 16-year-old finds herself alone in the world and tries to get by. Subtitled in English. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/12/23 Full Review favio c Cruda, grafica y potente pelicula sobre la vida de la joven Lilyan en la pobreza y la soledad. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/29/23 Full Review Thee S Do not watch this movie if you're in a good mood. Excellent movie, but one I will never watch again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/28/23 Full Review Dae M Possibly one of the most real and low films of the decade Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/24/22 Full Review Audience Member This movie was truly upsetting and I cried for days after watching it. I wanted to give Lilya a big hug. I recommend this movie to everyone who can handle it. I still think about this movie from time to time and it had a really big impact on me. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Oksana Akinshina as "Lilya" in Lukas Moodysson's LILYA 4-EVER. Artiom Bogucharskij and Oksana Akinshina in Lukas Moodysson's LILYA 4-EVER. Oksana Akinshina during the shooting of Lilya 4-Ever. Artiom Bogucharskij, Nikolaj Bentsler, Elina Benenson and Oksana Akinshina in Lukas Moodysson's LILYA 4-EVER. Artiom Bogucharskij and Oksana Akinshina in Lukas Moodysson's LILYA 4-EVER. Oksana Akinshina as "Lilya" and Elina Beninson as "Natasha" in Lukas Moodysson's LILYA 4-EVER. View more photos

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      Synopsis Lilya (Oksana Akinshina) lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt (Liliya Shinkaryova), who neglects her. Lilya hangs out with her friends, Natasha (Elina Benenson) and Volodya (Artiom Bogucharski), who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei (Pavel Ponomaryov). He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilya arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
      Director
      Lukas Moodysson
      Producer
      Lars Jönsson
      Screenwriter
      Lukas Moodysson
      Distributor
      Newmarket Film Group
      Production Co
      Sveriges Television, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond, Memfis Film, Film i Väst, Zentropa Entertainments, Det Danske Filminstitut, Svenska Filminstitutet
      Rating
      R (Rape|Language|Drug Use|Strong Sexual Content)
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Swedish
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Apr 11, 2003, Wide
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $181.7K
      Runtime
      1h 49m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital