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.
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.
Director
Lukas Moodysson
Production
Memfis Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT
Cast
Oksana Akinshina, Artyom Bogucharsky, Ljubov Agapova, Liilia Šinkarjova, Elina Benenson, Pavel Ponomaryov, Tomasz Neuman, Anastasiya Bedredinova, Tõnu Kark, Nikolai Bentsler, Aleksander Dorosjkevitch, Yevgeni Gurov, Aleksandr Sokolenko, Margo Kostelina, Veronika Kovtun, Elena Yakovlena, Tamara Solodnikova, Nikolai Kütt, Oleg Rogatšov, Aleksandr Okunev