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Brain Drain (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Brain Drain' is a 2009 Spanish romantic-comedy film directed by Fernando Gonzlez 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 Gijn, and its premier was on 24 April 2009. Due to great success in the Spanish's box offices, Carlos Theron filmed its sequel: 'Fuga de Cerebros: Ahora en Harvard' ('Brain Drain: Now in Harvard') in 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
*Mario Casas as Emilio Carbajosa Benito
*Amaia Salamanca as Natalia
*Alberto Amarilla as Jos Manuel "Chuli" Snchez Expsito
*Gorka Lasaosa as Rafael "Ruedas" Garrido Calvo
*Pablo Penedo as Felipe "Corneto" Roldn Salas
*Canco Rodrguez as Raimundo "Cabra" Vargas Montoya
*Blanca Surez as "Angelical voice"/Speaker
*Sarah Mhlhause as Claudia
*Simon Cohen as Edward Chamberlain
*Carlos Santos as Potro
*Reg Wilson as Professor
*Asuncin Balaguer as Emilio's grandmother
*Joan Dalmau as Emilio grandfather
*lex Angulo as Cecilio Garrido
*Loles Len as Rita Calvo
*David Fernndez Ortiz as Loren Snchez
*Jos Luis Gil as Manuel Roldn
*Mariano Pea as Julin Roldn
*Fernando Guilln as Natalia's grandfather
*Antonio Resines as Natalia's father
*scar Casas as Young Emilio Carbajosa Benito (11 years old)
*Oliver Vigil as Young Emilio Carbajosa Benito (8 years old)
*Andrea Diaz as Young Natalia
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'.
Meanwhile, in the international box office: in United States, the film got $1,614,121 in its first weekend at cinemas.[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2009&wk=17&p=.htm Taquilla fuera de Estados Unidos, 24 al 26 de abril de 2009]
The total income amounted to almost 7 million, becoming the biggest blockbuster Spanish film in 2009.
The film itself, however, was panned by critics.http://decine21.com/peliculas/Fuga-de-cerebros-16449
See also
* List of Spanish films of 2009
References
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