Lilya 4-Ever

Aroview: Lauded Swedish film-maker Lukas Moodyson turns his talents to the plight of a Russian teenage girl whose hopes for a brighter future (and American dream) are compromised by poverty, social decay and the abandonment of her mother.

Sustained by the magnetic central presence of newcomer Oksana Akinshina as Lilya, she takes comfort in a touching fraternal friendship, but falls into prostitution and becomes a victim of her own naivety. Again proving himself an adept and persuasive storyteller, the director weaves tragic notes this time into his deeply empathetic portrait, leaving a powerful and sobering aftertaste.

NZ International Film Festival 2003
Adopt-a-Movie Kindly Adopted by Alf @ The Moon Unit

more matches…