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In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.
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09/09/2006
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Lee Pace
Roy Walker
Justine Waddell
Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn
Daniel Caltagirone
Sinclair / Governor Odious
Leo Bill
Darwin / Orderly
Sean Gilder
Walt Purdy
Julian Bleach
Mystic / Orange Picker
Marcus Wesley
Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man
Robin Smith
Luigi / One Legged Actor
Jeetu Verma
Indian / Orange Picker
Catinca Untaru
Alexandria
Kim Uylenbroek
Doctor / Alexander the Great
Aiden Lithgow
Alexander's Messenger
Ronald France
Otto
Emil Hostina
Alexandria's Father / Bandit
Andrew Roussouw
Mr. Sabatini
Michael Huff
Dr. Whitaker
Grant Swanby
Father Augustine
Ayesha Verman
Indian's Bride
Ketut Rina
Chief Mystic
Camilla Waldman
Crying Woman
Elvira Deatcu
Alexandria's Mother
Emma Johnston
Alexandria's Sister
Nico Soultanakis
Horace
Jon Kamen
Morty
Karen Haacke
Alice
Emma Landberg
Flicker Film Woman
Miguel Hernández
Cowboy 1
Oscar Moreno
Cowboy 2
David Parra
Cowboy 3
Ged Clarke
Palm Collector (uncredited)
Stephen Hughes
Hospital Patient (uncredited)
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Maybe too ambitious this drama told through a children's tale. Photography is great, though.
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This is quite an enjoyable depiction of some multi-lingual Arabian Nights-style scenarios as we find "Roy" (Lee Pace) in an hospital in 1920s Los Angeles. He had previously been a movie stuntman but an accident has robbed him of the use of his legs and so with medical science being somewhat limited, he is pretty much bedridden. Also in the hospital is the young "Alexandria" (Catinca Untaru) who is recovering from breaking her arm and in need of some cheering up. With a vivid and varied imagination, he begins to regale his new friend with fantastic tales of bandits and slaves all trying to defe…
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