Lilja 4 ever
(2003)
Regisseur:
Lukas MoodyssonSchauspieler:
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharskiy, Lyubov Agapova, Liliya Shinkaryova, Elina Benenson, Pavel Ponomaryov, Tomasz Neuman, Anastasiya Bedredinova, Tõnu Kark, Nikolai Bentsler, Aleksander Dorosjkevitch, Yevgeni Gurov, Aleksandr Sokolenko, Margo Kostelina, Veronika KovtunDie 16 jährige Lilja wird von ihrer Mutter die nach Amerika ausreist in einem russischen Armenviertel zurückgelassen. Um gegen die Armut anzukämpfen versucht sich das Mädchen an der Prostitution und als sie einen netten und wohlhabenden Mann kennenlernt, der ihr einen Arbeitsplatz in Schweden verschaffen will, scheint sich ihre Lage zu bessern...
While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking, drinking and having fun with her, too, outcast friend Volodya. In time, the chance of a new life becomes non-existent; her life is going nowhere. Meeting a young man, she then finds a plane ticket in her hand and a new life in Sweden: a job, an apartment and prospects. All is not what it seems. There shall be work, there shall be housing and there shall be no escape. This is the stark, frank and disturbing vision of the life of a young victim of the underground sex trade and in all its tone of realism of abject poverty, despicable actions and of wanting to show that dreaming of a better life is not a crime but that life can shatter the illusion of a happy ending.
While waiting for her mothers reply to take her to the USA, Lilya idles the time away smoking, drinking and having fun with her, too, outcast friend Volodya. In time, the chance of a new life becomes non-existent; her life is going nowhere. Meeting a young man, she then finds a plane ticket in her hand and a new life in Sweden: a job, an apartment and prospects. All is not what it seems. There shall be work, there shall be housing and there shall be no escape. This is the stark, frank and disturbing vision of the life of a young victim of the underground sex trade and in all its tone of realism of abject poverty, despicable actions and of wanting to show that dreaming of a better life is not a crime but that life can shatter the illusion of a happy ending.
