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Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water

Time is running out for a happy ending.

20065.51h 50m

Overview

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep 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.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Written by M. Night Shyamalan
Produced by Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Box OfficeBudget: $70.0MRevenue: $72.8M

Top Cast

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Cleveland Heep

Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard

Story

Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright

Mr. Dury

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Harry Farber

Sarita Choudhury

Sarita Choudhury

Anna Ran

Cindy Cheung

Cindy Cheung

Young-Soon Choi

M. Night Shyamalan

M. Night Shyamalan

Vick Ran

Freddy Rodríguez

Freddy Rodríguez

Reggie

Bill Irwin

Bill Irwin

Mr. Leeds

Mary Beth Hurt

Mary Beth Hurt

Mrs. Bell

Themes & Keywords

fortune tellerreligion and supernaturalhellmythical creatureswimming poolnixesuper poweraftercreditsstingersign languagesoptimistic

About Lady in the Water

Lady in the Water is a drama, fantasy, mystery film released in 2006 exploring themes of fortune teller, religion and supernatural, hell, mythical creature, swimming pool, nixe. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan, it stars Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jeffrey Wright. Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep 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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