• Source: Brain Drain (film)

      • 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 credits his amorous misadventures with Natalia (Amaia Salamanca) to his physical problems (orthodoncy, orthosis, etc.) When he is 18, he finally gets rid of all his dental paraphernalia and has a 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 Emilio's friends is blind, another is paraplegic and the last one is a drug dealer). Despite their impediments, they do their best to help Emilio get closer to Natalia, with disastrous results.


      Cast


      Mario Casas as Emilio Carbajosa Benito
      Amaia Salamanca as Natalia
      Alberto Amarilla as José Manuel "Chuli" Sánchez Expósito
      Gorka Lasaosa as Rafael "Ruedas" Garrido Calvo
      Pablo Penedo as Felipe "Corneto" Roldán Salas
      Canco Rodríguez as Raimundo "Cabra" Vargas Montoya
      Blanca Suárez as "Angelical voice"/Speaker
      Sarah Mühlhause as Claudia
      Simon Cohen as Edward Chamberlain
      Carlos Santos as Potro
      Reg Wilson as Professor
      Asunción Balaguer as Emilio's grandmother
      Joan Dalmau as Emilio grandfather
      Álex Angulo as Cecilio Garrido
      Loles León as Rita Calvo
      David Fernández Ortiz as Loren Sánchez
      José Luis Gil as Manuel Roldán
      Mariano Peña as Julián Roldán
      Fernando Guillén as Natalia's grandfather
      Antonio Resines as Natalia's father
      Óscar 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.
      The total income amounted to almost €7 million, becoming the biggest blockbuster Spanish film in 2009.
      The film itself, however, was panned by critics. On Letterboxd the movie has a 2-star rating.


      See also


      List of Spanish films of 2009


      References




      External links


      Official website
      Brain Drain at IMDb

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