Lilya 4-ever (2002)
Overview : 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.
Release Date : August 23, 2002
Runtime : 109m
Companies : Memfis Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Zentropa Entertainments
Countries : Denmark, Sweden
Keywords : escape, underground, despair, sweden, nightclub, human trafficking, based on true story, poverty, prostitution, sex trafficking, sex slavery, downward spiral, complex, teenage protagonist, lesbian, intense, depressing, tragic