What Mr. Rivette has concocted might be described as a lighthearted existential romp in which life is a playful dialogue between reality and fantasy, between musical comedy and drama, and you never know when one will turn into the other.
Up, Down, Fragile
1995 · 2h 49m · N/A
Comedy, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Directed by
Jacques Rivette
Overview
A librarian, a gangster's ex-lover and a woman who has recovered from a coma spend an eye-opening summer in Paris.
Director and cast
- Jacques Rivette Director
- Nathalie Richard as Ninon
- Marianne Denicourt as Louise
- Laurence Côte as Ida
- Anna Karina as Sarah
- André Marcon as Roland
- Bruno Todeschini as Lucien
- Wilfred Benaïche as Alfredo
- László Szabó as Le père de Louise (voice)
- Christine Vézinet as Estelle
- Stéphanie Schwartzbrod as Lise
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
I think one could argue that Up Down Fragile not only tells us a lot about what utopia would feel like, it also tells us a little about how it would be organized.
There are millions of stories in Rivette's naked city, and they're all ours for the making.
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