Noah Baumbach’s Frances Ha captures the pain of breaking up with a friend

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Frances doesn’t like Patch – she describes him as “the kind of guy who buys a black leather sofa and is like ‘I love it’” – but what she likes even less is how his existence means she gets less time with Sophie. “Do not treat me like a three-hour-brunch friend,” Frances yells after Sophie explains that she’s leaving to hang out with Patch. As Frances says in the film: “If something funny happens on the way to the deli, you’ll only tell one person about it and that’ll be Patch and I’ll never hear about it.” open image in gallery Sophie and Frances eat dinner together after work in Frances Ha. “She’s my friend, she doesn’t even like you,” slurs Sophie as she’s loaded into the car, “I like you, Patch” Frances smiles.