Fragile (film)
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| Directed by | Jaume Balagueró |
| Produced by |
Massimo Vigliar Julio Fernández Joan Ginard |
| Written by | Jaume Balagueró Jordi Galcerán |
| Starring |
Calista Flockhart Elena Anaya Yasmin Murphy Richard Roxburgh Colin McFarlane |
| Music by | Roque Baños |
| Cinematography | Xavi Gimenez |
| Edited by | Jaume Marti |
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93 minutes |
| Country | Spain United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fragile (Spanish: Frágiles) is a 2005 Spanish-British horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró.
On the Isle of Wight, a train accident means that the main hospital is completely full and unable to take in any more patients. The smaller and older hospital, Mercy Falls, is being closed down, but some of the patients, including the children's ward, need to remain at the site until there is availability elsewhere.
One of the children, Maggie, an orphan suffering from severe cystic fibrosis, tells the night nurse, Susan, that she has seen "her" again, frightening Susan. Another child, Simon, suffers a broken leg and is rushed to the X-ray department. No one knows how his leg broke but as Simon lies on the X-ray table, his femur inexplicably suffers a second fracture.
Susan leaves the hospital on sick leave and Amy Nicholls replaces her. Amy bonds with Maggie as both are orphans. Maggie explains to Amy that there is a girl called Charlotte who lives in the abandoned ward upstairs. Roy, the operations manager, explains to Amy that Charlotte is an urban legend that has been seen by several children over the past two decades. Simon later tells Amy that Charlotte is the one who broke his leg. Amy visits Susan to ask why she left but learns that Susan died in an accident. She meets two local psychics, who explain that Charlotte can only be seen by those who are close to death.
Back at Mercy Falls, the children watch Sleeping Beauty and Maggie says that true love's kiss has special power. Amy looks at the files of the other children who'd mentioned Charlotte. All of these children are deceased; Amy realizes that Maggie must be close to death. Later, Roy is killed by Charlotte.
Amy goes up to the second floor through a hidden trapdoor and finds an old photograph of a girl in a wheelchair with a nurse, and a film-reel which shows the girl on a medical treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta. The photograph is labeled "Charlotte and Mandy, 1959." Charlotte begins to materialize and Maggie saves Amy, dropping her favorite blanket in the process. Amy and Dr. Robert view the film and Robert explains the disease Charlotte suffered from was a sickness that causes the patient's bones to be susceptible to fractures. Doctors had built a metal frame for Charlotte to wear that was connected to tubes throughout her body in the hopes of strengthening her bones. Amy now believes Charlotte is the angry ghost of the little girl who is hurting the children. She searches the records but no child called Charlotte existed.
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