Keeping it Real
We watched Lilja 4-ever last night and despite the grim reality it presented what made it watchable is the character of Lilja who despite all odds against her radiated hope.
Hope dies last – a Russian proverb.
And it was then that this unapologetic movie took us to the end of hope.
For those of you who cannot watch crimes against women – don’t watch this – but if you do and if you can imagine that this is the cost of inhumanity then perhaps when the next Change.org email petition comes to your inbox asking you to petition against human trafficking you might sign it because the faceless now has a name – 16 year old Lilja.