Brain Drain
Theatrical release poster
SpanishFuga de cerebros
Directed byFernando González Molina
Written byCurro Velázquez
Álex Pina
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySergio Delgado
Edited byIrene Blecua
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byHispano FoxFilm
Release date
  • 24 April 2009 (2009-04-24)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySpain
Languages
  • Spanish
  • English
Box office€7 million

Brain Drain (Spanish: Fuga de cerebros) is a 2009 Spanish romantic comedy film directed by Fernando González Molina and starring Mario Casas and Amaia Salamanca. The film is an A3 Films production.

The production started on 14 July 2008 in Madrid and Gijón, and its premier was on 24 April 2009. Due to great success at the Spanish box office, the film spawned off a sequel, Brain Drain 2 (2011).

Plot

The film begins with an 18 year old Emilio (Mario Casas) who tells his amorous misadventures with Natalia (Amaia Salamanca) due to all his physical problems (orthodoncy, orthosis, etc.) When he is 18 he finally gets rid of all his dental appareils and has the chance to confess to Natalia his love. But when she gets a student grant to attend Oxford University (England), all his friends try to help him by going to Oxford too with fake grants.

However, once there, the group must confront several problems, such as their poor English and their disabilities and quirks (one of the Emilio's friends is blind, other is paraplegic and the last one is a drug dealer). Nevertheless, and despite their impediments, they make their best to help him to get closer to Natalia with disastrous results.

Cast

Reception

In its first week at the Spanish theaters, the film reached €1.22 mill at the office box and nearly 200,000 spectators saw it. With those takings, Brain Drain was the first on the Spanish box and a hit forward to State of Play.[1]

Meanwhile, in the international box office: in United States, the film got $1,614,121 in its first weekend at cinemas.[2]

The total income amounted to almost €7 million, becoming the biggest blockbuster Spanish film in 2009.

The film itself, however, was panned by critics.[3][4] On Letterboxd the movie has a 2-star rating.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fugados con el número uno". Archived from the original on 26 September 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Overseas Total Box Office, April 24–26, 2009". boxofficemojo.com. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. ↑ Fuga de cerebros - Película (in European Spanish), retrieved 23 September 2022
  4. ↑ "Fuga de cerebros". filmaffinity.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Brain Drain (2009), retrieved 5 October 2022
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