TRULY HUMAN (ET RIGTIGT MENNESKE) International Competition

A quixotic, thought-provoking film about a child’s imaginary friend who becomes an actualized human being and blank slate to write on with everyone he encounters.

Seven-year old Lisa’s only friend is “P,” an imaginary companion who lives behind the wall in her condemned building and who she believes. is the brother her too-busy parents aborted years before she was born. When Lisa’s parents move and the house is demolished, “P” rises as flesh and blood from the rubble. “P” finds his parents and touches their lives in unexpected ways, as he yearns to become truly human. Sadly, with other human beings as his only reference, he becomes whatever people perceive and project on him.

This unusual, ephemeral story is driven by Nikolaj Lie Kaas’ beguiling performance as the wide-eyed and wondrous “P.” With his pretty face and innocent expression, Kaas perfectly captures both the rapture and pain of “P’s” human experience.