Lilya 4-ever

Lilya 4-ever is a 2002 Swedish tragedy film, mostly spoken in Russian, written and directed by Lukas Moodysson which was released in Sweden on 23 August 2002. It depicts the tragic downward spiral of Lilja Michailova, played by Oksana Akinshina, a teenage girl in one of the post-Soviet republics whose mother abandons her to move to the United States. The story is loosely based on the true case of Danguolė Rasalaitė, and examines the issue of human trafficking and sexual slavery.