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A Balasaur Score of 80 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 84%, Metacritic 83/100. Every source lands within 6 points of the others. Scores higher than 95% of the 3,250 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
In a struggling post-Soviet community, Lilya a teenage girl is abandoned when her mother moves to the United States with her boyfriend. Facing neglect and poverty, she meets Andrei, who offers her a job in Sweden, giving her hope for a better life — and a journey that will change everything.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic83/100
692 audience votes
Key crew
- Lukas MoodyssonScreenplay
- Lukas MoodyssonDirector
- Nathan LarsonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Oksana AkinshinaLilja
- Artyom BogucharskyVolodja
- Ljubov AgapovaLilja's Mother
- Liilia ŠinkarjovaAunt Anna
- Elina BenensonNatasha
- Pavel PonomaryovAndrei
- Tomasz NeumanWitek
- Anastasiya BedredinovaNeighbor
- Tõnu KarkSergei
- Nikolai BentslerNatasha's Boyfriend
- Aleksander DorosjkevitchFriend
- Yevgeni GurovFriend
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Themes
suicideescapeundergrounddespairswedennightclubhuman traffickingbased on true storypovertyprostitutionsex traffickingsex slavery
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