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leechie attended a movie event by UNIFEM at the picturehouse last nite...thx them for their kind invitation (pls refer to their webby: http://www.unifem.org/). the screened movie was the award-winning "Lilja-4-ever"...this Swedish movie was mostly in Russian...when i read the following synopsis of this movie, i walked into the cinema, prepared to cry buckets (when i told my leechie mum tt i was going to watch a sad movie, she thot tt leechie would come back teary too, esp after she's seen how a leechie cried seeing the living conditions of the poor thai n touching scenes of family love in Pornsak's n Yuan Shuai's "Going Home" series...)
Synopsis of "Lilja-4-ever":
"Everyone dreams. For some, these dreams become far-fetched. For a fortunate few they become realities. For many however, they turn into nightmares. Sixteen year old Lilja is whiling her time away in a small little Estonian village waiting to get the green signal from her mother to join her in the U.S. Bored, penniless and lonely, Lilja sparks up a relationship with Andrei, a charming foreigner who speaks about providing her with a job and lodging in exciting Sweden. Unaware of hidden agendas and led by Andrei’s false promises of glitz and glamour, Lilja takes up the offer. Her entire world shatters, however, when she discovers that she has become just another statistic in the rampant world of prostitution.
Lilja-4-ever is a stark and brutally honest account of an innocent who dares to dream and becomes caught up in a world of betrayal, greed and debauchery."
A rather touching yet disturbing movie...but perhaps i walked in rather prepared...so leechie didnt cry...but as i walked out of the cinema, saw a couple of visibly-disturbed gentlemen...i'm not sure if this is a one-off screening...but do go watch this award-winning 2002 movie if u have the chance to...btw, leechie also likes the german song "My heart burns" tt they played in this sad movie...scroll down to listen to this nice song =)
From UNIFEM's email:
"Each year, hundreds of thousands of young women worldwide are either forcefully abducted or falsely persuaded and sold off into organized crime groups and prostitution rings. Scarred by sexual and physical abuse and burdened with debt, they become disillusioned replicas of their former selves. As the commercial sex trade continues to rack up scores of innocent young women and children to its name, we feel the need to educate our audiences on its various perspectives."
"The opening scene with the Rammstein song 'My Heart Burns' sets the harsh tone of this film as it tries to highlight the dual issues of human trafficking and sexual slavery. The sex montages are successful in juxtaposing the ugliness of the world and of the men who take advantage of another's distress and the innocence of Lilja."
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