Lilya 4-Ever

Name: Lilya 4-Ever
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: April 18, 2003
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 83
Cast: Artyom Bogucharsky, Oksana Akinshina, Pavel Ponomaryov

2003

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Newmarket Films | Release Date: April 18, 2003 | R

Starring: Artyom Bogucharsky, Oksana Akinshina, Pavel Ponomaryov

Summary: Set in contemporary Russia, this film recounts 13-year-old Lilya's struggle to survive the grim streets.

Director: Lukas Moodysson

Genre(s): Drama, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 109 min

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James Berardinelli

Light entertainment, this is not. Unforgettable and challenging cinema, it is. Read full review

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

What makes the film so compelling is the ferocious ingenuity with which Moodysson ratchets up the fear and astonishment that accompany Lilya's all too believable descent. Read full review

Stanley Kauffmann

It is Akinshina's presence and performance that make the pedestrian story heart-wrenching. She is pretty, responsive, reflective. Without the slightest strain, she convinces us of the beauty and pathos and hope within Lilya. Read full review

Peter Travers

Lukas Moodysson, a young Swedish director, crafts a stunner of a film out of familiar turf. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Akinshina and Bogucharskij are remarkable together, and Moodysson once again demonstrates a sophisticated visual skill matched only by his innate understanding of the adolescent heart. Read full review

Ty Burr

Doesn't derive its power from the turning wheels of plot suspense but from the simple act of looking and not blinking. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

The result is grimly "effective," but it made me long for Hollywood junk. Read full review

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Jul 25, 2007

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