Lilya 4-ever

Absolutely devastating  the horror of poverty, abandonment, and isolation  the beauty of friendship, of trying your best to live. I'm all the way across the world yet the Russian slums seem so familiar. It’s the reality of living in a city with other people. When ur community turns against you. When family abandons you. This film is just so powerful it’s hard to put into words. A hard watch. An abject tragedy. A beautiful catharsis. A spiraling staircase with no way back up. Jumping into the void.