Oksana Akinshina,
Artiom Bogucharski,
Elina Benenson,
Liliya Shinkaryova,
Pavel Ponomaryov
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A teenager abandoned by her family slips into a downward spiral of sex and degradation in this frank drama from Sweden. Lilya (Oksana Akinshina) is a 16-year-old girl growing up in poverty in the form... read more
DVD Release Date: May 17, 2005
Stats: 1,007 reviews
This is a disturbing and quite depressive film that should make us all conscious of such a tragic real subject. An immensely sad story that reaches pure poetry in a heart-wrenching final scene.
Astonishing, depressing, bleak, disturbing, Mind blowing, Breathtaking, an absolute masterpiece! What more could you ask for from one of the world?s best directors?
Kicking off with some Rammstein, Lilya 4-Ever demands your attention before settling down. It doesn't rain, it pisses it down in Lilya 4-Ever. A dark and depressing drama set in Eastern Europe. Lilya is a young girl with dreams of escaping her impoverished lifestyle. She believes... read more
A masterpiece made by a talented swedish director. If this movie doesn't get some emotions from you, you probably have a heart of stone... An amateur cast provides nothing less than an all-star performance.
Ah, talk about a film that rips out your heart and stomps on it a few hundred times for good measure...
Astonishing. Hard to decide if this is unbearably sad or horrificly disturbing. Lilya-4-Ever introduces us to a young, isolated girl living in the Eastern bloc, who's life starts off unsatisfactory and gets increasingly appalling. The film offers up precious little hope, as exemp... read more
What a sad film, full of despair. Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for Lilya, they did. Rejected by her mother, abandoned by the aunt who was supposed to take care of her, vilified by her neighbors, she fell victim to the first person to show her any kindness. ... read more
This is third film of swedish director Lukas Moodysson and is completely different from the happy ones he made previosly. It is hard to watch but you do not want to miss a moment of it. Wonderful acting, perfect screenplay for a crafty director.
A wrenching feel-bad movie graced by a luminous central performance. Full Review
It tells a heartbreaking story, one of those tales that need to be told and about which only pain can be felt.
It is Akinshina's presence and performance that make the pedestrian story heart-wrenching.
What Lilja 4-Ever has in common with the greatest films is its spiritual transcendence. Don't miss it. Full Review
I read of thousands of women from Eastern Europe who are lured into virtual slavery. I hope some of their clients will attend this movie, even if for the wrong reasons, and see what they are responsib... Full Review
Lukas Moodysson, a young Swedish director, crafts a stunner of a film out of familiar turf.
By the end of the film, our hearts will burn and break for Lilya. Full Review
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