The Fall (2006)

Lying in hospital near Los Angeles due to an injury on a film set, stunt man Lee Pace regales fellow patient Catinca Untaru with a fantasy tale in exchange for her procuring him more pain medications. It’s a gorgeous film throughout, effortlessly weaving the real life scenes with the story telling, in director Tarsem Singh’s unique style. I’ve adored Lee Pace since seeing him in the incredible Wonderfalls and while he’s fantastic here in roles that require quite a bit of subtlety and complexity, he’s often upstaged by the adorable innocence of young Catinca.