Lars and the Real Girl

The search for true love begins outside the box.

A tender, quirky exploration of loneliness and human connection that treats mental illness and delusion with compassion rather than mockery.

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.