Lilja lives in poverty and dreams of a better life. Her mother moves to the United States and abandons her to her aunt, who neglects her. Lilja hangs out with her friends, Natasha and Volodya, who is suicidal. Desperate for money, she starts working as a prostitute, and later meets Andrei. He offers her a good job in Sweden, but when Lilja arrives her life quickly enters a downward spiral.
escape
underground
despair
sweden
nightclub
human trafficking
based on true story
poverty
prostitution
sex trafficking
sex slavery
downward spiral
complex
teenage protagonist
lesbian
intense
depressing
tragic