Lilya 4-ever

it’s been just over a year since i first watched this film, and i’ve never been able to shake it. there are very few films that stay with me long after i’ve seen them but this has stuck with me. additionally i am doing my uni essay on lukas moodysson so thought it was a good excuse to rewatch. i couldn’t even begin to summarise the harrowing sequence of events that happens in this film, it truly is one tortuous event after another.  i know lukas moodysson isn’t fond of this film but i think it is one of his bests, i however can’t give it 5 stars as much as i would like to because it does make me feel so sick just watching it (yes i know that’s what it’s meant to make you feel and there in of itself is the marker of it’s brilliance). mein herz brennt being played in this film is one of my favourite additions of a song in a film, big big fan of the song.