Lilya 4-Ever

1h 49m 2002

Brief Synopsis

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Lilya is a teenage Russian girl whose best friend is a glue-sniffing street urchin, Volodya, and whose mother has recently run away to live in America, abandoning her. Eager to start a new life, Lilya is excited when her new boyfriend, Andrei, asks her to move to Sweden, only to find a similar disma

Cast & Crew

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Lukas Moodysson

Director

Oksana Akinshina

Lilya

Artiom Bogucharskij

Voldya

Elina Beninson

Natasha

Pavel Ponomaryov

Andrei

Tomas Neumann

Witek

Film Details

Also Known As
Lilja 4-Ever, Lilja Forever
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Danish Film Institute (Dfi); Film i VSst; Memfis Film; Newmarket Films; Nordic Film & TV Fond; Sveriges Television (Svt); Swedish Film Institute; Versus Entertainment; Zentropa Entertainment
Distribution Company
Arsenal Filmverleih; Cathay Film Organization; CinTart; Haut Et Court; Mikado Film; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Sam Film; Videocine
Location
Estonia; Sweden; Russia

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Synopsis

Lilya is a teenage Russian girl whose best friend is a glue-sniffing street urchin, Volodya, and whose mother has recently run away to live in America, abandoning her. Eager to start a new life, Lilya is excited when her new boyfriend, Andrei, asks her to move to Sweden, only to find a similar dismal existence there.

Director

Lukas Moodysson

Director

Cast

Oksana Akinshina

Lilya

Artiom Bogucharskij

Voldya

Elina Beninson

Natasha

Pavel Ponomaryov

Andrei

Tomas Neumann

Witek

Tonu Kark

Sergei

Ljubov Agapova

Lilya'S Mother

Crew

Josefin Asberg

Art Director

Ulf Brantss

Director Of Photography

Gunnar Carlsson

Co-Producer

Alexandra Dahlstrom

Assistant Director

Tomas Eskilsson

Co-Producer

Lars J÷nsson

Producer

Peter Aalbaek Jensen

Co-Producer

Nathan Larson

Music

Michal Leszczylowski

Editor

Lukas Moodysson

Screenwriter

Denise Ostholm

Costume Designer

Peeter Urbla

Associate Producer

Film Details

Also Known As
Lilja 4-Ever, Lilja Forever
MPAA Rating
Genre
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2002
Production Company
Danish Film Institute (Dfi); Film i VSst; Memfis Film; Newmarket Films; Nordic Film & TV Fond; Sveriges Television (Svt); Swedish Film Institute; Versus Entertainment; Zentropa Entertainment
Distribution Company
Arsenal Filmverleih; Cathay Film Organization; CinTart; Haut Et Court; Mikado Film; Monopole Pathe Films Ag; Sam Film; Videocine
Location
Estonia; Sweden; Russia

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Spring April 18, 2003

Released in United States 2002

Released in United States January 2003

Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Upstream Competition) August 29 - September 8, 2002.

Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.

Feature acting debut for Artiom Bogucharskij.

Released in United States Spring April 18, 2003 (NY, LA)

Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival (Upstream Competition) August 29 - September 8, 2002.)

Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)

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