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Lilya 4-ever(Movie, 2002)

Original title: "Lilja 4-Ever" (Swedish/SV)
FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 49min | Genres: Crime, Drama
Lilya 4-everRating: 3.8/5 (with 236236 votes)
Lilya 4-ever (Swedish: Lilja 4-ever) is a 2002 crime drama film written and directed by Lukas Moodysson, which was released in Sweden on 23 August 2002. It depicts the downward spiral of Lilja Michailova, played by Oksana Akinshina, a girl in the former Soviet Union whose mother abandons her to move to the United States. The story is loosely based on the true case of Danguolė Rasalaitė, and examines the issue of human trafficking and sexual slavery. The film received positive reviews both in Sweden and abroad. It won five Guldbagge Awards including Best Film, as well as was nominated for Best Film and Best Actress at the European Film Awards. ()
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Awards & Nominations for Lilya 4-ever

Greta European Film Award for Best Film European Film Award for Best Actress

About Lilya 4-ever

Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.

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Trailer for Lilya 4-ever + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

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Additional Information

Production countries: Denmark, Sweden
Shot in: Estonia
Original language: Swedish (SV)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV)
Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/03/2003 (World premiere: 08/23/2002)
Dedicated to: Danguolė Rasalaitė
Cast: Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Lyubov Agapova, Tõnu Kark, Elina Benenson, Pavel Ponomaryov, Tomasz Neuman, Nikolai Bentsler, Bo Christer Hjelte, Madis Kalmet, Tamara Solodnikova, Yevgeni Gurov, Johan Edlund, Anastassia Bedredinova, Herardo Contreras, Maria Karlsson Thörnqvist
Director: Lukas Moodysson
Producer: Lars Jönsson
Screenwriter: Lukas Moodysson
Director of Photography: Ulf Brantås
Composer: Nathan Larson
Costume designer: Denise Östholm
Make-up Artist: Jessica Simonsson
Sound Designer: Niclas Merits
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"リリア フォーエバー"
"천상의 릴리아"
"Lilja 4-Ever"

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