Chosen by NigelThe film
Lars, a gentle but odd young man, buys a doll - an anatomically correct sex doll named Bianca - who becomes his 'girlfriend'. His older brother and pregnant sister-in-law are disturbed by this but gradually they and the rest of the small town grow to accept and welcome Bianca into the community.
The response
N's first contribution to the group and definitely a good start: nearly all of us loved this film (only our youngest member thought it was boring...). Watching the film, many of us had expected a darker plot - kept waiting for the despair and destruction. Instead, we felt uplifted by the gentle, optimistic story - by the community's acceptance and love.
There were lots of questions. How realistic was the story? ('completely a fairy story'... 'well, life could be like that'...) Would you like to live there? ('Of course!' ... 'ugh, no'...). Which characters were believable? (Karin, the sister in law - or Gus, the resistant brother?) Who was the 'real girl'? (Probably Bianca, but maybe Karin, Margo or Dagmar, the Doctor). And what does the story tell us about ourselves? Our reluctance to accept difference, the things we keep quiet about because we think others won't approve?
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