Lilya 4-Ever

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  • Opened April 11, 2003 
  • 1 hr 49 min
  • R | Strong Sexual Content, Drug Use, Rape and Language

  • 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. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Artiom Bogucharski, Elina Benenson, Liliya Shinkaryova, Pavel Ponomaryov
  • Director: Lukas Moodysson
  • Genres: Drama

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ReelViews
| James Berardinelli

Light entertainment, this is not. Unforgettable and challenging cinema, it is. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

A haunting and incandescent work of art. Read full review

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Charlotte Observer
| Lawrence Toppman

If you're tired of false holiday cheer, Lilya 4-Ever will provide a corrective to the spiritual eggnog force-fed to us all season. The climax takes place during Christmas, though one that would make Tiny Tim grateful for his crutch and cold chimney corner. Read full review

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Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Lukas Moodysson, a young Swedish director, crafts a stunner of a film out of familiar turf. Read full review

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