a little girl is told a tale by a man in a hospital. the little girl is russian (7 or 8 years old( and the man is an american stuntman who seems to be paralyzed below the waist by a fall during his work). the man uses the little girl to get him pills so he can kill himself. the story he tells her is about a variety of men or semi/men who have to return from an exile to take over the kingdom and avenge deaths and recover lost loves. it is extremely beautiful (the story part of the film) designed by someone with a great eye for dance, movement, colors and shapes, but without a very firm sense of narrative. (since the story is being told extemporaneously by a man in a hospital in order to endear himself to a little girl, this makes sense in terms of the situation, but hurts when we are not enticed by the story itself and only by its colors and contrasts.)
B/B-
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