Lilia hoped again and again, was dashed again and again, and gradually moved towards despair. If any part of this is true, if there is a person willing to help her, she will not endure such a great devastation.
Too bad.
The film has been downloaded for a long time, and it has been lying on the disk. Yesterday afternoon, I suddenly felt uncomfortable. I drank tea and chatted with my friends in the evening, came back early, went to bed after washing up, flipped through movies, and clicked "Lilia Forever". When I saw four-fifths, I couldn't watch it anymore, so I turned off the computer. Came back from a run this afternoon and continued watching.
The background of the story is Russia after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Lilia and her mother live in a slum, full of holes, a dilapidated building, and a ruined scene. The music is high-spirited, reminiscent of the once underground music of Eastern Europe. Lilia is happy because she is about to go to America with her mother, and she can't wait to share it with her friends. "Everything sucks here," Lilia didn't want to stay here anymore. She packed her luggage, especially wrapping the icons on the walls. Just waiting to go.
Lilia's father, who was absent, told her story when she and her playmate Volodya went to a nearby abandoned military building. Her mother used to cook in the military building and met a soldier who was stationed here. After the mother was pregnant with Lilia, the soldier left, and there was no news, just like the story we know in other corners of the world. Her mother raised Lilia by herself. Considering the unemployment and the rapid decline in employment opportunities after the recession, the difficulties can be imagined. It’s not much better to have a father. Volodya’s father was also a soldier, but now he drinks too much, beats and scolds Volodya at any time, and even drives him out of the house, regardless of life or death. Further questioning, the father also has a symbolic meaning, that is, politics uses its power to control resources, and then abandon it arbitrarily after ravaging or playing with the people. Lilia and Volodya found the report of the previous meeting in the ruins, with a high-pitched oath and an apparent loyalty. Behind their wall is a red face with Lenin sticking out his head in the middle.
My mother was able to go to the United States because she met a Russian who immigrated to the past. The immigrant middle-aged man didn't want to take Lilia with him. Judging from his demeanor and actions, he was just looking for a woman who would satisfy his physical needs. Obviously, Lilia is a drag.
The American Dream is shattered. The mother abandoned her daughter ruthlessly, got into the car ruthlessly and left. Lilia chased out sadly, kneeling in the mud. The quagmire of her life has begun. The mother may also feel helpless, but she is still heartless. After she went to the United States, she no longer sent money or heard from her, and told the Social Welfare Bureau to terminate the relationship with her daughter and give up her guardianship. I remembered that in "Nobody Knows", the mother suddenly left and disappeared, leaving the four children to fend for themselves.
Lilia had to accept the reality, and after the struggle, accepted the guardianship of her aunt. Her aunt kicked her out of her original house on the grounds that she had no money to pay the rent. Lilia went to the more dilapidated, cramped room, vacated by the old old tenant who had just died. Medicines, stains, and waste are all over the place. Lilia stayed, barely making ends meet, occasionally taking in Volodya, who was living among the ruins. But the money on hand was spent, and my aunt did not replenish food and supplies on time. She finally found her aunt at the home where she used to live. It turned out that her aunt drove her away just to occupy the magpie's nest. Aunt tucked her knees and sat on the sofa watching TV, ignoring Lilia in front of her. No money? I don't care, I don't, I'm still sick, I need this house. If you want to eat, you can learn from your mother, go to the city, spread your legs (implying that Lilia's mother is selling her body).
Lilia's road was blocked again, and she was deceived by her relatives again. She went to school and got sarcastic comments from teachers. The power went out and there was no food. She wanted to sell the items in the rented house, but unfortunately no one cared about the broken metal. She is only sixteen years old and has no ability to work, and with the dilapidated economic environment in the film, it is impossible to provide the usual job opportunities. In order to survive, she went to the erotic dance hall that her friend took him to before. When I took her there, my friend made a one-time transaction, but later to avoid her father's questioning, her friend betrayed Lilia, saying that Lilia did it and that Lilia lent her the money. Lilia was also scolded in the residential area for this, including being raped by a group of gangsters later. In the eyes of the gangsters, Lilia is a bitch, and nothing can be done to her. This is an old story written by Maupassant's big brother many years ago.
Lilia earns money from her own body. Although she has to endure the tyranny of the guests at times, she is still happy because she has money, so she can buy delicious food and use it freely. She also fulfilled her promise to Volodya and gave him a basketball. Volodya likes Lilia, but he is only a child, and Lilia only regards him as a friend. They are indeed friends, and there is nothing to cheat.
I thought Lilia would live like this, but suddenly a Prince Charming appeared. In the dance hall, Prince Charming saw Lilia. When Lilia completed a transaction and ran away in pain in the cold wind, the man extended a warm hand and politely invited her to take her for a ride. They played together and played games together. The man also said that he would take him to live in Sweden, where there are many jobs and a happy life. Lilia believes that there is still love in the world, and God blesses her, and it is not in vain that she often faces the icon and prays.
But Volodya told her that it was fake and that the white horse man lied to her. Go cool and you're jealous. Lilia, who was immersed in love, ignored Volodya's intuition. Sweden is just ahead, Lilia did not forget to call and tell the good girlfriend, the friend who betrayed her, that she is going to Sweden, everything sucks here, goodbye.
People are probably prone to fantasies in despair, and suddenly there is a chance of life, how can Lilia be unhappy, besides, the white horse man is so handsome and gentle, and he still has a good job in Sweden. After getting a fake passport, the white horse man made an excuse that his grandmother was sick and had to stay for two days to take care of him, and let Lilia go to Sweden alone.
It turns out that the white horse man is quite black. He is just a pimp and a human trafficker. He should have been in business for many years. Lilia, a young girl, is his opponent. With his rich experience, he slept Lilia in the name of love, and then sold Lilia to the pimp over there.
Going abroad, the nightmare began. Her passport was taken away and she was locked in an empty room. The pimps over there take Lilia out for prostitution all day long. Lilia will be beaten if she doesn't obey, and even threatened to call the police and be arrested. It was really disgusting to see this scene, the camera kept shaking, and different men twitched on Lilia's body. What happened to the girl was like a storm that was hard to watch. If in Russia, Lilia still has a choice, how often to go out to do it, who to do it with, there is a certain degree of freedom, or the body still belongs to her. But here, too, it is clear that limited freedoms are abolished.
After Lilia left, Volodya was alone and lost her source of life, so she committed suicide by swallowing medicine. Under the arrangement of the poet director, he entered heaven, and his wings became an angel. At this time, he came to Sweden to comfort his girlfriend. Volodya let her live, and later reminded her that the pimp forgot to lock the door, run away.
Lilia escaped, but inexperienced she didn't know where to go. She was afraid, she was afraid, she didn't want to go back to the devil's lair. She ignored Volodya's advice to her to cherish life. Lilia jumped off the flyover.
Lilia hoped again and again, was dashed again and again, and gradually moved towards despair. If any part of this is true, if there is a person willing to help her, she will not endure such a great devastation. For example, the teacher comforted her, her aunt didn't lie to her, and the white horse man really regarded her as his girlfriend, or it was a dewy relationship at all.
No, not at all. It is reminiscent of left-behind children who are far away from their parents, many of whom have mothers who have run away and fathers who drink too much or never return home. What awaits them? I also thought that when the economy is in recession, the lives of the people at the bottom will be dark and dilapidated, and it will be more likely to lead to fights with each other.
Lilia said it all sucked. Maybe it was too cruel, maybe it was a compensation for the documentary-style line drawing. At the end, the director arranged for Lilia to be sublimated into an angel and have a good time with Volodya. It can be considered that he played the role of God, and responded to Lilia's prayers. Eternity is lost, and life is lost.
Too bad, I don't recommend you watch it.
The evening of February 12, 2019
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