Lilya

Lilya

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Release Date

11/12/2026

Runtime

146 mins

Overview

The year is 1915; World War I is underway. In Petrograd, the young Futurist poet Vladimir Mayakovsky meets a married couple, Lilya and Osip Brik. He reads them his poem *A Cloud in Trousers*; Lilya and Osip fall instantly and forever in love with Mayakovsky’s poetry, recognizing an extraordinary talent—a poetic genius—before them. Vladimir, in turn, falls in love with Lilya—also instantly and forever.

Status

Released

Original Language

Russian

Budget

-

Revenue

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Homepage

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A lush historical drama about the consuming, impossible love between a revolutionary poet and a woman who captures his genius as fully as he captures hers. Watching it feels like witnessing something beautiful fracture under the weight of its own intensity.

Mood

RomanticWistfulBittersweetMelancholic

Themes

LoveArt and creationObsessionIdentity

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyFormalist

Structure

Framed flashback

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