Fragile(s) (2007)
Directed by Martin Valente

Comedy / Drama

Film Synopsis

When she loses her job, Sara allows her friend Isa to take her to Portugal for a weekend holiday.  After the failure of his latest film, director Paul reluctantly goes off to Lisbon to attend a film festival.  His wife Hélène seems to resent becoming a grandmother, especially when she has to baby sit for her grandson.  Yves, a solitary pharmacist, finds a new friend in a stray dog, which follows him everywhere he goes.  Nina, a musician, decides to make an impromptu call on her seven-year-old son, whom she has not seen for several months.  Vince, a police inspector, visits his wife in hospital everyday, but his guitar playing fails to revive her from her coma.  Six people, six fragile individuals, whose lives are about to become inextricably intertwined...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Martin Valente
  • Script: Martin Valente
  • Cinematographer: David Quesemand
  • Music: Denis Meriaux
  • Cast: François Berléand (Paul), Caroline Cellier (Hélène), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Yves), Marie Gillain (Nina), Jacques Gamblin (Vince), Sara Martins (Sara), Elodie Yung (Isa), Loïc Corbery (Mika Léoni), Laurent Mandeix (Pascal), Boris Rehlinger (Dédé), Angèle David-Guillou (Angèle), Maureen Dor (Anaïs), Daphnée Amadéi (Julie), Bastien Clerin (Bastien)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 107 min

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