Fragile (2005)

At her new job in a rundown children's hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random, mysterious attacks.

Director:

Jaume Balagueró

Writers:

Jaume Balagueró, Jordi Galceran

Stars:

Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya

7 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Calista Flockhart	...	Amy Nicholls
Richard Roxburgh	...	Robert Marcus
Elena Anaya	...	Helen Perez
Gemma Jones	...	Mrs. Folder
Yasmin Murphy	...	Maggie
Colin McFarlane	...	Roy
Michael Pennington	...	Marcus
Daniel Ortiz	...	Matt
Susie Trayling	...	Susan
Lloyd F. Booth Shankley	...	Simon
Michael Gatward	...	David
Scarlet Carey	...	Emma
Cameron Antrobus	...	Jimmy
Olivia Bjork	...	Linda
Fergus Riordan	...	Richard

Storyline

An American nurse takes a temporary position on the night shift at a closing children's hospital on the Isle of Wight. When every shift is plagued by spooky occurrances and things that go bump in the night, she begins to believe the stories of one of the child pateints, who insists the hospital is haunted by a dangerous presence emanating from the long abandoned second floor.

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural | killer | hospital | nurse | orphan | 

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Taglines:

A Ghost Story

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of terror/violence, and some thematic elements

Details

Official Sites:

Filmax

Country:

Spain UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 October 2005 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Fragile

Filming Locations:

Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

EUR7,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,680,926

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Producciones, Future Films, Just Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS-ES Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bearwood College in Reading, England was used as the exterior location for the Mercy Falls Children's Hospital.

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Goofs

At the beginning of Amy's first shift as Helen is leaving, Helen picks up the phone and calls Max to let him know that 'lights out' in five minutes. But minutes before as Mrs. Folder is showing Amy around, she tells her that the phones have been turned off.

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Alternate Versions

Violence, gore, and language has been edited out of the US release to obtain a PG-13 rating.

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Connections

Features Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

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Soundtracks

Two
performed by Ill Nino

User Reviews

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The reviews coming out of Venice were not kind. Indeed some reviews on this site in the message boards were not kind.....OK we are not talking about Oscar material but this film is scary in a non-gory, blood-on-walls, way and is entertaining. If cinema should be fun and a time to suspend belief then this film is OK. If you want challenging subject matter or top drawer acting look elsewhere....if you want to be scared and entertained then go for it. Flockhart is fine, the kids are good, Roxborugh is good, Anaya is good.....just don't expect too much. The sound and cinematography are very good and Jaume Balagueró holds it all together well enough....the story ticks along and builds to the final showdown and you begin to feel some empathy and understanding of the characters but we never dwell long enough on any one character....and we don't really care how or why they are in the hospital all we want to know is well they ever leave? PS:Please I Want to know the name of the soundtrack in the end(or Where i can download It) it's very good and i can't find it anywhere pls help me:]