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Lilya 4-ever

2002 · 109 min

A harrowing, slow descent into exploitation that is almost unbearable to watch, yet impossible to look away from.

Overview
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.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • trauma
  • betrayal
  • politics
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension8
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight10

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Lukas Moodysson
Written by
Lukas Moodysson
Starring
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Ljubov Agapova, Liilia Šinkarjova, Elina Benenson, Pavel Ponomaryov, Tomasz Neuman, Anastasiya Bedredinova
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
109 min
Country
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Languages
Russian, Swedish, English

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