IRL
5.4
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.
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Cast
19 people
Valter Skarsgård
Elias
Known for
Katla
The Playlist
Happy Jankell
Sc4rlet
Known for
The Year I Started Masturbating
Alba August
Agnes
Known for
The Rain
Becoming Astrid
Ola Andreasson
Adam
No other roles listed
Moa Arnald
Nora
No other roles listed
Astrid Assefa
Rektor
Also in
Jana - Marked For Life
Taelgia
Vincent Grahl
Hannes
Known for
Feed
The Circle
Charlie Gustafsson
Filip
Known for
The Åre Murders
A Taste of Hunger
Fredrik Hammar
Idrottslärare
Known for
Sound of Noise
Popular Music
Magnus Krepper
Pappa Stefan
Known for
Millennium
The Bridge
Emma Melkersson
Also in
The Anderssons Rock the Mountains
Finding Alice
Aksel Morisse
Known for
Millennium
Erik Leijonborg Director · Alex Haridi Writer Nic Balthazar Author
First release October 25, 2013 · Produced in Sweden
Production
Eyeworks Film & TV Drama
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Swedish
Release dates
Romania · October 25, 2013
Theatrical
Sweden · October 25, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 6, 2021 · Digital · Netflix
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