Las razones de mis amigos

Gerardo Herrero

Las razones de mis amigos [videorecording]= Gerardo Herrero - Spain Televisión Española (TVE) Tornasol Films Vía Digital 2000 - 1 videodisc (ca. 109 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 in.

Based on the 1998 novel "La conquista del Aire" by Belén Gopegui.

From case cover:
Santiago, Marta y Carlos se reúnen una vez al mes para comer juntos. Son amigos desde los tiempos de la universidad, hace ya más de quince años. En una de esas comidas, Carlos pide un préstamo de cuatro millones de pesetas y otro a Santiago porque su empresa de informática tiene problemas. Pasan los meses y Carlos no puede devolverles el dinero. Aunque Marta y Santiago deciden que no importa, el préstamo les cambia sus vidas, corrompiendo sus ideales de juventud y, lo más importante, su amistad.

From Mark Deming (All Movie Guide):
The admonition "neither a borrower nor a lender be" takes on new meaning in this drama from Spain, which looks at the unexpected effects of a loan on three friends. Carlos (Sergi Calleja) has dinner every few weeks with two close friends from his college days, Marta (Marta Belaustegui) and Santiago (Joel Joan). One night, Carlos asks a rather large favor of them; he's having a cash-flow problem with his new business and asks them to loan him 20,000 dollars each to cover bills, promising to repay the money as soon as possible. Marta and Santiago agree, but it's six months before Carlos can make good on his payment. In the meantime, much changes for the three friends; Marta and her husband Guillermo (Jose Tome) split up, Santiago calls off his relationship with Sol (Paz Gomez) to take up with Letitia (Ana Duato), and Carlos' wife Ainhoa (Lola Duenas) finds herself tempted into infidelity. Las Razones de Mis Amigos had its North American premiere at the 2000 Toronto Film Festival, where it was well received.


DVD video; Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0; stereo, surround; PAL; Region 2; 16:9 widescreen.


Spanish audio.

PN1997 / .R396 2000