Up, Down, Fragile
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Directed by | Jacques Rivette |
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Edited by | Nicole Lubtchansky |
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Running time | 169 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Up, Down, Fragile (French: Haut bas fragile) is a 1995 French film directed by Jacques Rivette.[1] It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] Interspersed with songs and dances, the film recounts the adventures of three young women in Paris, each at a turning point in her life.
Plot[]
Three young women with very different values are in Paris on their own. The shy Ida, highly conscious that she is an adopted child, is starting her first job as a university librarian. The fragile Louise, daughter of a rich but crooked Swiss banker, is trying to find herself after years in a coma. The streetwise Ninon, a liar and a thief, has left her homicidal pimp to become a courier. As their stories unfold, their paths cross and the girls get involved with various people. Roland owns a set decorating business, Sarah is a night-club singer, and Lucien is a conscientious young private detective. Louise finds love with Lucien, who had been hired by her father to shadow her, and Roland may link up with Ninon. Ida is not yet ready for a man, because her first need is to find her birth mother, who may be Sarah.
Cast[]
- Marianne Denicourt as Louise
- Nathalie Richard as Ninon
- Laurence Côte as Ida
- André Marcon as Roland
- Bruno Todeschini as Lucien
- as Alfredo
- Marcel Bozonnet as Man in the stairway
- as Le complice de Ninon
- as La chanteuse
- as Recordshop seller
- as Lise
- as Estelle
- Anna Karina as Sarah (avec)
- László Szabó as Le père de Louise (voice) (as Laslo Szabo)
- as La victime de Ninon
References[]
- ^ Holden, Stephen (2012). "NY Times.com: Up, Down, Fragile". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
- ^ "19th Moscow International Film Festival (1995)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-22. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
External links[]
- 1995 films
- French-language films
- 1990s musical comedy films
- Films directed by Jacques Rivette
- French films
- 1990s French-language films
- French musical comedy films
- 1995 comedy films
- 1990s French film stubs
- Musical comedy film stubs