i didn't cry
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poem — 17 years ago(December 22, 2008 07:11 AM)
There is absolutely nothing immature about stating the simple fact that it doesnt matter if you cry during the movie or not. The purpose of the movie is to display the reality like it is. Not to make people cry.
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Lucky_Lefty — 17 years ago(April 27, 2008 07:43 PM)
I admit, I cried. I only cried at like three other movies and I guess I'll add this one to the list. What did it for me was the scene where after she's had sex with all these men and her body and soul has taken a beating, she decides to build a hut under the coffee table. At the end of the day, all she wanted to do was be under the hut with her only friend, Volodja.
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qdogballer — 17 years ago(May 27, 2008 09:08 PM)
I didn't cry either, but this being the first Russian film so far to my liking says alot, I felt bad for Lilja seeing all those men on top of her,getting used and finally figuring out even with the door open. She doesn't know where to go,or what to do afterwards and like Volodya loss hope from her bleak existence!
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schizophrenique — 17 years ago(December 20, 2008 12:58 PM)
I kindof felt the same way. It's a sad story and there were several parts throughout when I felt really disgustedthe scenes with those disgusting old men copulating with her, for oneand in general it's made me think a lot, but I didn't cry and I didn't feel very connected to the film overall.
I think the general development of the story and characters had a big part in my reaction; there were so many parts when I just thought "why?" and no explanation was given, and we never really get to know Lilya as anything besides the victim. There's no psychological development, no empathy.
But that was just my experience.
heineken? f-ck that sh-tPABST BLUE RIBBON!
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SonOfEvermore — 16 years ago(September 19, 2009 07:17 AM)
It's sad to think that so many people in this topic saw Lilja's suicide as "giving up", when it fact it's the complete opposite.
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poem — 16 years ago(September 21, 2009 12:43 AM)
For the record, I never cry, so I didnt cried in that movie either.
I dont think its the point of the movie to make people cry. The point of the movie is to make people realize how reality can be like for trafficking victims, and to make people realize how serious this problem is. -
Ammarsaqib — 16 years ago(November 05, 2009 02:57 PM)
as the some previous poster said abt expectation,same thing happened to me iwas expecting something EXTREMELY overwhelming when i read that its sadder then "req for a dream"
for instance if u compare the last scenes requiem was sadder atleast they gave hope for lilya
jennifer connelly just lied there hugging the drugs it was really choking material
ABS -
NoodleLizard — 14 years ago(September 08, 2011 11:07 AM)
This film just made me extremely angry and depressed. Which is a good thing, in a sense. This kind of stuff
should
make you angry and depressed because it's not fiction - the reality is likely a lot worse.
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klubblandet — 13 years ago(June 13, 2012 11:09 AM)
The bit where Volodya was saying hello to the group of boys, and he was asking if he could play with them and they told him to get lost.
Idk, I felt like nothing from that moment onwards could ever be right again.