“Our teacher would have us dancing all the time”
On the first day of the school year, 11-year-old Amanda is asked to be a mentor for her new classmate, Lars, who has Down’s syndrome. It’s the last thing she wants. Amanda is convinced that Lars will embarrass her. But to Amanda’s surprise, she and Lars develop a special friendship — one she risks losing when she’s pressured to turn against him. Norwegian director Eirik Sæter Stordahl’s film shows great affection for its characters and for the actors playing them – he knows how to make them shine.