Friends Have Reasons
Friends Have Reasons is a 2000 Spanish drama film directed by Gerardo Herrero from a screenplay by Ángeles González-Sinde based on a novel by Belén Gopegui. It stars Marta Belaustegui, Joel Joan, and Sergi Calleja.
Plot
Set in Madrid in the 1990s, the plot explores the crisis in the friendship between Marta, Santiago, and Carlos, after Carlos asks Marta and Santiago for money so he can keep his IT company afloat.Production
Written by Ángeles González-Sinde the film is an adaptation of the novel La conquista del aire by Belén Gopegui. The film was produced by Tornasol Films.Release
Kevin Williams Associates acquired global sales rights to the film. The film's festival run included selections for screenings in the sidebar programming of the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival, the 45th Valladolid International Film Festival, and the section of the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Distributed by Alta Films, the film was released theatrically in Spain on 3 November 2000.Reception
Eddie Cockrell of Variety described the "Rohmerish" film as "an insightful drama from a precise Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde script".Ángel Fernández-Santos of El País deemed the film to be "admirably constructed from its foundation, from its writing, which follows a gradual ascetic development, dry and harsh".
Jennifer Green of ScreenDaily considered that the film "gives a faithful portrayal of modern-day, Madrid-dwelling professionals, though perhaps with aspects more attuned to an even older generation than the one depicted here".