LSC Event Descriptions
October 24 & 26, 2003 |
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Rated R |
Lilya 4-Ever (2002)  October 24, 2003 at 7:00 and 10:00pm in 26-100 and October 26, 2003 at 7:00pm in 26-100. Never less than compelling and heartbreakingly affecting." "The most remarkable achievement of the film...is its presentation of Lilya's
story as both an archetypal case study and a personal drama." "Possesses an artistry that helps the film transcend the bleakness of its
subject." Born on the same day as Britney Spears, and with as little to go on as Britney had going for her, was a Russian girl named Lilya. Now, sixteen years old, spunky and a little rebellious, Lilya dreams of escaping the squalor of her home in Russia and going to live in America. When her mother runs off to America with a man and without her child, Lilya is left at the hands of fate, and takes the first opportunity she sees to get away. Following an empty promise from a newfound crush, she finds herself in Sweden, forced into a desperate urban survival. Lilya endures physical and emotional pain that no adult should have to face. Despite the horrors of the life she has chosen, she is somehow still a little girl inside, with the undying dream to reach a better place. WARNING: contains potentially disturbing scenes depicting the violent sexual exploitation of a minor. In German, Swedish, and Russian with English subtitles. |
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