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IRL

IRL

2013, Movie, 1h 20min

IRL (In Real Life) is a film about the evils among teenagers in the world of social media. Elias will not escape his tormentors. They are everywhere, in school, on the subway and spew their hatred of him online. He flees into The Secret World, an online game with thousands of players where Elias accepts the Invincible Warrior S:]iles guise. In the game, he meets Sc4rlet, a talented and beautiful girl soldier. Together they conquer their violent digital world. Sc4rlet want to meet Elias IRL (In Real Life). Hesitantly he agrees to be seen but well at the meeting place, where a very ordinary girl standing, he dare not go forward. Elias realizes that he will never meet Sc4rlet and decides to take his life that night.

Country: Sweden

Director:

Erik Leijonborg

Cast:

Magnus Krepper,

Cecilia Nilsson,

Valter Skarsgård,

Charlie Gustafsson

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6.0

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Critic Jens Peterson

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6

Det är plågsamt skickligt berättat.

Read full review at Aftonbladet

Critic Jake Bolin

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6

…en tidsaktuell ungdomsfilm som hanterar koncepten hämnd, hopp och mobbning på ett kreativt sätt.

Read full review at Moviezine

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