25° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL

Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

Country: USA
Year: 2007
Duration: 106'


When Lars Lindstrom introduces his brother Gus and sister-in-law Karin to his new friend Bianca, who he met on the internet, their immediate response is shock and disbelief. She is a doll. Karin and Gus consult the town’s physician, Dr Dagmar Berman, who advises them to go along with it. Lars is unemotional and in order to help him through this crisis, they need to get onboard. After some persuasion and appeal to their
love and concern for Lars, Gus and Karin enlist their cooperation. Surprisingly, Bianca weaves her way into the hearts of everyone, filling voids they didn’t know they had.

“We postponed the film until wintertime, because I really wanted to have those open, empty skies to reinforce the loneliness. And the snow was a big factor, too: the coldness of it, as a subtext. And I love that soft light. There is this fable quality to the film; it’s a bit of a fairy tale.”

Biography

film director

Craig Gillespie

(Australia) moved to the United States at the age of nineteen to study illustration, graphic design and advertising at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. He then started directing commercials, becoming one of the most honored commercial directors. In 2005 he won the Golden Lion at the Cannes International Advertising Festival and in
2005-06 received the Directors Guild Award. Two of Gillespie’s spots also belong to the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In 2007 he then made his feature directorial debut with
Lars and the Real Girl and Mr Woodcock, a comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton and Susan Sarandon.

FILMOGRAFIA

Lars and the Real Girl (Lars e una ragazza tutta sua, 2007), Mr Woodcock (2007).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director Craig Gillespie
sceneggiatura/screenplay Nancy Oliver
fotografia/director of photography Adam Kimmel
scenografia/set design Arv Grewal
costumi/costume design Kirston Mann
montaggio/film editor Tatiana S. Riegel
musica/music David Torn
suono/sound Perry Robertson
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Ryan Gosling (Lars Lindstrom), Emily Mortimer (Karin), Paul Schneider (Gus), R.D. Reid (il reverendo/reverend Bock), Kelli Garner (Margo), Nancy Beatty (Mrs Gruner), Doug Lennox (Mr Hofstedtler), Joe Bostick (Mr Shaw), Liz Gordon (Mrs Schindler), Nicky Guadagni (Mr Petersen), Patricia Clarkson (Dr Berman), Karen Robinson (Cindy), Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (Kurt), Billy Parrott (Erik), Sally Cahill (Deb), Angela Vint (Sandy), Liisa Repo-Martell (Laurel), Boyd Banks (Russell), Darren Hynes (Moose), Victor Gomez (Hector), Tommy Chang (Nelson), Arnold Pinnock (Baxter), Joshua Peace (Jerry), Aurora Browne (Lisa), Alec McClure (Steve), Lauren Ash (Holly), Lindsey Connell (Victoria)
produttore/producer Sidney Kimmel, John Cameron, Sarah Aubrey
produzione/production Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
distribuzione/distribution DNC Entertainment

TFF

prizes

"ACHILLE VALDATA" AUDIENCE AWARD 2007

Torino 25 Best Film

HOLDEN AWARD 2007

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