1134 Lilja 4-ever VHS Russia

Regissert av Lukas Moodysson.
Skrevet av: Lukas Moodysson
Produsert av: Lars Jönsson
Memfis Film Sweden 2002 Farge
Genre: Drama/ Soundtrack
Lokal distributør: Sonet Film

16 år gamle Lilja bor sammen med moren sin i en grå og nedslitt drabantby i en tidligere sovjetrepublikk. En dag flytter moren til USA sammen med sin nye mann og lover at Lilja skal få komme etter senere. Tiden går uten at moren gir lyd fra seg og Lilja innser at hun er overlatt til seg selv. Hun må ta til takke med en gammel, nedslitt leilighet uten lys og varme. Pengemangelen blir snart akutt og Lilja blir desperat. Sammen med sin eneste venn, den litt yngre gutten Volodja, driver hun gatelangs og fantaserer om hvordan livet kan bli bedre. Lilja ser en lysning når hun blir forelsket i Andrej. Han ber henne bli med til Sverige for å få jobb og begynne et nytt liv. Volodja blir misunnelig og mistenksom, men Lilja vil ikke gå glipp av denne sjansen. Snart sitter hun på flyet i retning Sverige. Hun har ingen anelse om hva som venter henne i Vesten ...

I can say one thing - Lukas Moodysson is like a sign of quality - it's not a question if the film is great or not, it's a question of how great it is. Unlike Fucking Åmål and Tillsammans this is a rather dark film, but you still recognize his style - and it confirm once again that a Lukas Moodysson film isn't like any other film. Even though you can't read my complete review yet - every Norwegian newspaper, magazine, radio and TV-program with respect for themselves have of course reviewed Lilja 4-ever - with not one single negative review this time! Almost too good to be true? Well, it's not very strange. Lilja 4-ever is a very politically correct film, and hard to say anything negative about because it's about such a real and important issue. It's a typical film that film lovers love because we love to see all kinds of films, not only those with the standard happy ending, while the normal mainstream audience won't that easily go to see this film because they want to be entertained, they don't want to have to think and reflect and leave the cinema hall sad. That's quite understandable, and is also shown by a massive media interest that isn't reflected in number of audience - and not a full-scale premiere here in Norway. Smaller cinemas will have to wait a while before they get the film. This is sad of course, but it's just the way it is. I'm happy that Lukas finally shows us this side of himselves, that he can also make films he knows isn't for everyone. But he certainly made a film for his true fans... for true film lovers...

Artiom Bogutjarskij
Oksana Akinsjina