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Lars and the Real Girl
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Internet, they are overjoyed. But Lars' new lady is a life-size plastic woman. On the advice of a doctor, his family and the rest of the community go along with his delusion.
2007 · Directed by Craig Gillespie · 107 min · Drama · Romance · 28 frames
Tagline
The search for true love begins outside the box.
Crew
- Written by: Nancy Oliver
- Cinematography: Adam Kimmel
- Edited by: Tatiana S. Riegel
- Music: David Torn
- Production design: Arvinder Greywal
- Produced by: Sarah Aubrey, John Cameron, Sidney Kimmel
Cast
- Ryan Gosling as Lars Lindstrom
- Emily Mortimer as Karin
- Paul Schneider as Gus
- R.D. Reid as Reverand Bock
- Kelli Garner as Margo
- Nancy Beatty as Mrs. Gruner
- Doug Lennox as Mr. Hofstedter
- Joe Bostick as Mr. Shaw
- Liz Gordon as Mrs. Schindler
- Nicky Guadagni as Mrs. Petersen
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Lars Productions
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $11,293,663
- Themes: dying and death, shyness, wisconsin, delusion, lone wolf, loss, loneliness, doll, mental illness, blow up doll
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