Up, Down, Fragile ( Haut bas fragile )

Up, Down, Fragile (DVD) (*)

$21.99

Original Title: Haut bas fragile
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
163 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Special Edition
Trailer(s)
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jacques Rivette

Actors:
Marianne Denicourt ..... Louise
Nathalie Richard ..... Ninon
Laurence Côte ..... Ida
André Marcon ..... Roland
Bruno Todeschini ..... Lucien
Wilfred Benaïche ..... Alfredo
Marcel Bozonnet ..... Man in the stairway
Philippe Dormoy ..... Le complice de Ninon
Enzo Enzo ..... La chanteuse
Pierre Lacan ..... Recordshop seller
Stéphanie Schwartzbrod ..... Lise
Christine Vézinet ..... Estelle
Anna Karina ..... Sarah
László Szabó ..... Le père de Louise
Alain Rigout ..... La victime de Ninon
Lise Marsan ..... La remplaçante de Lise
Patrick Martinez ..... L'agresseur crépusculaire
Jean-Luc Drochies ..... Les complices d'Alfredo
Pierre Gerbaux ..... Les complices d'Alfredo
Laurent Schilling ..... Les complices d'Alfredo
Jean Bolognesi ..... Musician d'Anna Karina - Accordéon
Bertrand Lajudie ..... Musician d'Anna Karina - Piano
Laurent Cokelaere ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Basse
Bruno Dandrimont ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Guitare
Emmanuel Lacordaire ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Batterie
Denis Leloup ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Trombone
Pierre Mimeran ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Clarinette et saxophone
Bertrand Richard ..... Musiciens d'Enzo Enzo - Claviers
Nathalie Eno ..... Marchande de glaces
Jacques Rivette ..... M. Pierre

Synopsis:

Three young women spend a hot, lazy summer month in Paris, the City of Love. Ninon, a streetwise whore, leaves her worthless friend and takes a job with a courier company. She is obsessed with dancing and spends a lot of time in a nightclub run by the mysterious Alfredo Garcia. Louise, who has emerged from a five-year coma, takes a room in a hotel and finds out that her aunt has died and she has inherited her house. Ida is a librarian in a beautifully-decorated reading room. She is torn apart by the fact that she is an adoptee and obsessed by an old pop melody that may be the key to the identity of her parents. These three characters are linked by the figure of Roland, a friend of Louise's deceased aunt who often visits the library where Ida works and who falls in love with Ninon. As the characters' lives become more intertwined, the past throws its shadow over the present and the characters are forced to formulate their views on and their desires for life.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 11 December, 2025.