Lilya 4-ever

Lilya 4-ever
Lilya 4-ever
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Swedish	Lilja 4-ever
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Directed by	Lukas Moodysson
Written by	Lukas Moodysson
Produced by	Lars Jönsson
Starring	Oksana Akinshina; Artyom Bogucharsky; Elina Benenson; Lyubov Agapova; Liliya Shinkaryova; Pavel Ponomaryov; Tomasz Neuman;
Cinematography	Ulf Brantås
Edited by	Michal Leszczylowski; Oleg Morgunov; Bernhard Winkler;
Music by	Nathan Larson
Production; companies	Memfis Film; Film i Väst; Sveriges Television; Zentropa Entertainments; Svenska Filminstitutet; Det Danske Filminstitut;
Distributed by	Sonet Film (Sweden); Sandrew Metronome (Denmark);
Release dates	23 August 2002 (Sweden); 27 September 2002 (Denmark);
Running time	109 minutes
Countries	Sweden; Denmark;
Languages	Russian; Swedish; English; Polish;
Budget	30 million SEK; (USD$2.7 million)
Box office	$1 million

Lilya 4-ever (Swedish: Lilja 4-ever) is a 2002 Swedish tragedy film, mostly spoken in Russian, written and directed by Lukas Moodysson which was released in Sweden on 23 August 2002. It depicts the tragic downward spiral of Lilja Michailova, played by Oksana Akinshina, a teenage girl in post-Soviet Russia 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 and was nominated for Best Film and Best Actress at the European Film Awards.