Five carpoolers travel in a motorhome to reach a common destination. Night falls, and to avoid a dead animal carcass, they crash into a tree. When they come to their senses, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. The road they were traveling on has disappeared and there is only a dense, impenetrable forest and a wooden house in the middle of a clearing, which they disco...
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。
