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Lady in the Water: A Bedtime Story

by M. Night Shyamalan, Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard · 2006

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Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep (Giamatti) rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisfairy talefairy taleMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adult

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