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Lilya 4-ever
In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.
2002 · Directed by Lukas Moodysson · 109 min · Drama · Crime · 19 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Lukas Moodysson
- Cinematography: Ulf Brantås
- Edited by: Michał Leszczyłowski, Bernhard Winkler, Oleg Morgunov
- Music: Nathan Larson
- Production design: Josefin Åsberg
- Produced by: Lars Jönsson
Cast
- Oksana Akinshina as Lilja
- Artyom Bogucharsky as Volodja
- Ljubov Agapova as Lilja's Mother
- Liilia Šinkarjova as Aunt Anna
- Elina Benenson as Natasha
- Pavel Ponomaryov as Andrei
- Tomasz Neuman as Witek
- Anastasiya Bedredinova as Neighbor
- Tõnu Kark as Sergei
- Nikolai Bentsler as Natasha's Boyfriend
Production
- Country: Denmark, Sweden
- Language: Russian, Swedish, English
- Studios: Memfis Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV Fond
- Budget: $2,700,000
- Box office: $1,007,747
- Themes: suicide, escape, underground, despair, sweden, nightclub, human trafficking, based on true story, poverty, prostitution
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