电影特技演员罗伊•沃克(Lee Pace 饰)在拍摄一组骑马从桥上一跃而下的镜头时严重受伤,导致下半身瘫痪失去知觉。此时的他极度绝望,万念俱灰,只想一死了之。正当罗伊沮丧之际,因摔断胳膊住进医院的5岁小女孩亚历珊卓(Catinca Untaru 饰)闯入了罗伊的世界。 这两个年龄悬殊的病友就此交上了朋友,亚历珊卓每天来罗伊的病房报到,只为听朋友讲那个玄幻神奇的故事。而罗伊用这个顺口编出的故事吸引小女孩,却想完成借机完成他的自杀计划…… 本片荣获2007年柏林影展玻璃熊特别表扬-最佳影片奖、Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival的最佳影片奖、2008年奥斯汀影评人协会奖最佳剧本。At a Los Angeles hospital in the 1920s, Alexandria is a child recovering from a broken arm. She befriends Roy Walker, a movie stunt man with legs paralyzed after a fall. At her request, Roy tells her an elaborate story about six men of widely varied backgrounds who are on a quest to kill a corrupt provincial governor. Between chapters of the story, Roy inveigles Alexandria to scout the hospital's pharmacy for morphine. As Roy's fantastic tale nears its end, Death seems close at hand.