Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Valter Skarsgård
Elias
Lead
Happy Jankell
Sc4rlet
Alba August
Agnes
Ola Andreasson
Adam
Moa Arnald
Nora
Astrid Assefa
Rektor
Vincent Grahl
Hannes
Charlie Gustafsson
Filip
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Erik Leijonborg's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. IRL is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
