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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's production.
The production started on 14 July 2008 in Madrid and Gijón, and its premier was on 24 April 2009. Due the great success in the Spanish's box offices, Carlos Theron filmed its sequel: Fuga de Cerebros: Ahora en Harvard (Brain Drain) in 2011.
The film begins with an 18 years 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.
| Brain Drain | |
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| Directed by | Fernando González Molina |
| Produced by | Daniel Écija Mercedes Gamero |
| Written by | Curro Velázquez Álex Pina |
| Starring | Mario Casas Amaia Salamanca Alberto Amarilla Gorka Lasaosa Pablo Penedo Canco Rodríguez Blanca Suárez Simon Cohen |
| Music by | Manel Santiesteban |
| Cinematography | Sergio Delgado |
| Edited by | Irene Blecua |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time
| 104 minutes |
| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish English |
