Fragile is a 2005 Spanish/UK horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró. The film opens at Mercy Falls, an English children's hospital which is closing down. Only eight patients remain, waiting to be transferred. One of the patients, Maggie, whom we later learn is an orphan suffering from cystic fibrosis, tells the night nurse, Susan, that she has seen "her" again. An annoyed Susan tells Maggie to return to bed. Just then, Simon, another patient, shrieks in pain as his leg is broken. Susan and Dr. Robert cannot find a reason for this, though, since the child was found lying in bed. Just as... a second x-ray of the leg is being taken, Simon's leg is broken again. Susan quits the job, frightened by all she has seen. Amy Nicholls, an American nurse, arrives at the hospital to replace Susan. Amy learns that the elevator no longer goes up to the second floor, a ward that has not been used since 1959. Her colleague Helen Perez introduces her to the eight children. Maggie tells her about a ghost who haunts the hospital named Charlotte, whom she calls "the mechanical girl", and communicates through some toy blocks.
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| Release date: | 2006 |
| Directed by: | Jaume Balagueró |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 97 Minutes |
| Music by: | Roque Baños |
| Genre: | Thriller |