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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   13,998 votes
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Director:
Lukas Moodysson
Writer:
Lukas Moodysson (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 August 2002 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
Lilja is 16 years old. Her only friend is the young boy Volodja. They live in Estonia, fantasizing about a better life. One day, Lilja falls in love with Andrej. He is going to Sweden, and invites Lilja to come along and start a new life. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
12 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
LILJA 4-EVER (DIDIER BECU) more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Oksana Akinshina ... Lilja
Artyom Bogucharsky ... Volodya
Lyubov Agapova ... Lilja's Mother
Liliya Shinkaryova ... Aunt Anna
Elina Benenson ... Natasha
Pavel Ponomaryov ... Andrei
Tomasz Neuman ... Witek (as Tomas Neumann)
Anastasiya Bedredinova ... Neighbor
Tõnu Kark ... Sergei
Nikolai Bentsler ... Natasha's Boyfriend
Aleksander Dorosjkevitch ... Friend #1
Yevgeni Gurov ... Friend #2 (as Jevgeni Gurov)
Aleksandr Sokolenko ... Friend #3
Margo Kostelina ... Cashier #1
Veronika Kovtun ... Cashier #2
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Lilya 4-Ever (UK) (USA)
Lilja 4ever (Sweden) (alternative spelling)
Lilya 4-ever (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexual content, a rape scene, drug use and language.
Runtime:
109 min
Country:
Sweden | Denmark
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Memfis Film more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The money shown in the movie is the currency of Estonia (100 crown bills). Some scenes are indeed taken in Paldiski, but many are in Tallinn also - in Kopli and Lasnamäe (parts of Tallinn). more
Quotes:
Lilja: Do you want to buy anything?
Woman at yard sale: There's nothing to buy here!
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Movie Connections:
References Tillsammans (2000) more
Soundtrack:
Piece of My Heart more

FAQ

Does Lilya die at the end of the movie?
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40 out of 53 people found the following comment useful:-
LILJA 4-EVER (DIDIER BECU), 29 February 2004
9/10
Author: Didier (Didier-Becu) from Gent, Belgium

Will Lukas Moodyson be the Andy Warhol of cinematography? It seems like he's on its way to achieve it as film after film Moodyson seems to find a subject that is shocking but stays a part of the society we cann't deny. "Lilja 4-ever" puts us back in some godforgotten village that used to be the powerful USSR. A place at where nothing really happens and where the youth just has to face violence and drugs (cheap medicine like syrup against coughing). Lilja is left alone by her mother who immigrates to the US and how much she defends, Lilja ends up as a childwhore. The movie is hard (the first seconds of the movie with Rammstein's "Mein herz brennt" already is unforgettable) and Moodyson does nothing special to shock his audience...the facts are just there and you can do with it what you want. A masterpiece.

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