Lars and the Real Girl

Comedy, Drama

Ryan Gosling	Lars
Patricia Clarkson	Dagmar
Emily Mortimer	Karin
Kelli Garner	Margo
Paul Schneider	Gus
Lauren Ash	Holly
Boyd Banks	Russell
Nancy Beatty	Mrs. Gruner
Joe Bostick	Mr. Shaw
Aurora Browne	Lisa
R.D. Reid	Reverend Bock
Doug Lennox	Mr. Hofstedtler
Liz Gordon	Mrs. Schindler
Nicky Guadagni	Mrs. Petersen

Director	Craig Gillespie
Producer	Peter Berg; William Horberg; Sarah Aubrey; Sidney Kimmel
Writer	Nancy Oliver

Lars (Ryan Gosling) is a strange young man, a recluse who keeps to himself in the garage where he lives. He only leaves when his brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and Gus’ wife Karin (Emily Mortimer) drag him over to their house for dinner. No one ever really talks to Lars about why he keeps himself so isolated. On night, he announces he has a girlfriend, Bianca. Bianca is an anatomically correct doll he bought on the internet. His family, realizing he must be slightly mentally imbalanced, tries to help him without pushing him over the edge. He sees a psychologist (Patricia Clarkson) who suggests that it is possibly only a stage he is going through. Margo (Kelli Garner) is a real girl, who hopes that Lars will one day open his eyes and be with her.