Lady in the Water

(Romance/ Thriller)
Release Date: 2006/08/18
Rating: PG-13
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard

Cleveland (Paul Giamatti) has tried to lead a low-profile life and avoid any interaction with society, living in a dim, run-down apartment building. However, his life changes after he finds out that a young and mysterious woman, Story (Bryce Dallas Howard), who is just like him, is hiding in the same building and living in the passageways underneath the building's swimming pool. He discoveres that Story is a "Narf", a nymph-like character from an epic bedtime story. She possesses the power of seeing the fates of Cleveland and the tenants, whose destinies are tied closely to her own. They have to work together to decipher a series of codes to unlock the pathway to her freedom as well as theirs.