Lars Is LOL

Amanda is a girl at middle school. At the school the older pupils mentor the younger ones. Amanda had been expecting to mentor a new first-year. But that year Lars joins her class. Lars has Down syndrome and is Amanda’s own age. The mentoring falls to her. At first Amanda does not want the task. But an unexpected friendship forms between them. Meanwhile Amanda is put in a hard place over a boy she likes. The wish to be accepted at school weighs heavier. As a result she betrays Lars. She then has a decision to make. Lilly Winger Schmidt and Adrian Øverjordet Vestnes take the leads in Eirik Sæter Stordahl’s Norwegian film of 2023.