Friend Zone (film)

Friend Zone
Friend Zone
	Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Pagafantas
Directed by	Borja Cobeaga
Written by	Borja Cobeaga; Diego San José;
Produced by	Tomás Cimadevilla; Mercedes Gamero;
Starring	Gorka Otxoa; Sabrina Garciarena; Julián López; Óscar Ladoire; Kiti Manver; María Asquerino; Michel Brown; Ernesto Sevilla; Bárbara Santa-Cruz;
Cinematography	Alfonso Postigo
Edited by	Raúl de Torres
Music by	Aránzazu Calleja
Production; companies	Manga Films; Telespan 2000; Antena 3 Films; Sayaka Producciones Audiovisuales;
Distributed by	Vertice Cine
Release dates	24 April 2009 (Málaga Film Festival); 3 July 2009 (Spain);
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish
Budget	€2.5 million

Friend Zone (Spanish: Pagafantas, lit. 'Fanta buyer') is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Borja Cobeaga and starring Gorka Otxoa and Sabrina Garciarena.

Premise

Chema has dumped his longtime girlfriend because he thinks he can do better, but after trying to date new girls, he is not very successful. When he meets Claudia, he thinks his luck has changed. She is pretty, funny, and seems interested in him. This apparent luck runs out when Sebastián, Claudia's actual boyfriend, comes over from Argentina and it becomes apparent that Claudia only wants Chema as her friend, so he is faced with the choice of giving up on a girl he does not stand a chance of getting, or waiting for the opportunity to present itself.^[2]

Cast

Gorka Otxoa as Chema
Sabrina Garciarena as Claudia
Óscar Ladoire as Jaime
Michel Brown as Sebastián
María Asquerino as Begoña
Kiti Manver as Gloria
Julián López as Rubén
Ernesto Sevilla as Chema's cousin
Bárbara Santa-Cruz as Elisa
Mauro Muñiz as Iñaki

Awards and nominations

24th Goya Awards

Category	Recipient	Result
Best New Actor	Gorka Otxoa	Nominated
Best New Director	Borja Cobeaga	Nominated

References

^ Almagia, Karolina (10 July 2008). "Borja Cobeaga rueda en Bilbo una comedia sobre la dificultad de ligar". Gara (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "Pagafantas". eCartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2014.

External links

Friend Zone at IMDb

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[1] Almagia, Karolina (10 July 2008). "Borja Cobeaga rueda en Bilbo una comedia sobre la dificultad de ligar". Gara (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[2] "Pagafantas". eCartelera (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2014.

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