History YMMV / LilyaFourEver

** Given the similarities of their respective departures, it's possible that Lilya's mother may have fallen victim to the same sex-trafficking scam as Lilya does later on. Her crying upon leaving Lilya in this case would be genuine as Sergei would have pressured her into leaving, and the letter sent later on may have been either written by her under duress or not written by her at all, rather by Sergei or some other party seeking to cut off any loose ends lest Lilya's mother's disappearance get investigated by authorities (not that such would have happened in 1990s Eastern Europe, but Sweden and America would be different).

* NightmareFuel: The fact that the stuff in this movie '''[[HumansAreBastards actually happens in real life.]]'''

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: Inevitable. This is a notoriously bleak movie about a teenage girl's downward spiral into prostitution and sex slavery, with any hope of her finding happiness constantly being crushed, all while being betrayed by her friends and family. And the scenes of Lilya being mistreated and raped are extremely hard to watch.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Inevitable. This is a notoriously bleak movie about a teenage girl's downward spiral into prostitution and sex slavery, with any hope of her finding happiness constantly being crushed, all while being betrayed by her friends and family. And the scenes of Lilya being mistreated and raped are extremely hard to watch.

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%% TheWoobie: Volodya and Lilya.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: Inevitable. This is a movie about a teenage girl's downward spiral into prostitution and sex slavery, with any hope of her finding happiness constantly being crushed, all while being betrayed by her friends and family.

* FridgeHorror: What if Lilya's mother was ''forced'' to abandon Lilya [[spoiler:and write that nasty letter by Sergei? She couldn't look Lilya in the eye and her voice was shaking when she told her that she and Sergei were going to America first, and she was ''sobbing'' when she and Sergei drove off. If Lilya was truly unwanted, then her mum wouldn't be ''that'' emotional about leaving her, right?]]

* MoralEventHorizon: While abandoning her daughter alone might have been bad, Lilya's mother truly crosses the horizon when she [[spoiler:sends in a letter explaining that Lilya was an unwanted child, and that she no longer wants to be considered her legal guardian.]]

* NightmareFuel: The stuff in this movie '''[[HumansAreBastards actually happens in real life.]]'''
* TearJerker
* TheWoobie: Volodya and Lilya.

* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: It's implied at the end of the film that Lilya going to sweden was all just a nightmare she had.]]

* CompleteMonster: Out of all the character, Witek (Lilya's pimp) is arguably the worst of the bunch. He rapes Lilya off-screen, whores her out, and beats her up for trying to escape. [[spoiler:Worst of all, he's a Karma Houdini]].

* FridgeHorror/ FridgeTragedy: What if Lilya's mother was ''forced'' to abandon Lilya [[spoiler:and write that nasty letter by Sergei? She couldn't look Lilya in the eye and her voice was shaking when she told her that she and Sergei were going to America first, and she was ''sobbing'' when she and Sergei drove off. If Lilya was truly unwanted, then her mum wouldn't be ''that'' emotional about leaving her, right?]]

* CompleteMonster: Out of all the character, Witek (lilya's pimp) is arguably the worst of the bunch. He rapes Lilya off-screen, whores her out, and beats her up for trying to escape. [[spoiler:Worst of all, he's a Karma Houdini]].

* TheWoobie: Volodya and Lilya.

* CompleteMonster: Andrei and his Boss.
** Lilya's mother. While she does seem genuinely heartbroken when she first abandons her daughter, [[spoiler:the letter she sends in renouncing her claim as Lilya's legal guardian pretty much destroys any sympathy she might have had.]]

* Tearjerker