Brain Drain
Fuga de cerebros
Release: 2009-04-18
·Runtime: 104m
·★ 5.2
Comedy
Romance
Emilio, a shy, not too brilliant pupil at a humble local secondary school, has always harboured a secret love for Natalia, the cutest, brightest girl in the class. On the last day of the school year, when he finally decides to declare his love, Natalia is awarded a scholarship to study Medicine at Oxford. It would seem that all is lost for Emilio, but his drop-out school-pals are not ready to throw in the towel. After faking qualifications and scholarships, this band of brainless nuts land in Oxford, causing havoc in the normally peaceful campus existence. —The Film Catalogue
Production Countries
Spain
Production Companies
Cangrejo Films
Atresmedia
Hispano Foxfilms
Cast
Mario Casas
as Emilio
Alberto Amarilla
as Chuli
Amaia Salamanca
as Natalia
Canco Rodríguez
as Cabra
Gorka Lasaosa
as Ruedas
Blanca Suárez
as Voz angelical
Álex Angulo
as Cecilio
Asunción Balaguer
as Abuela Emilio
Joan Dalmau
as Abuelo Emilio
David Fernández
as Loren
José Luis Gil
as Manuel
Fernando Guillén
as Abuelo Natalia
Loles León
as Rita
Mariano Peña
as Julián
Antonio Resines
as Padre Natalia
Carlos Santos
as Potro
Brendan Price
as Decano
Reg Wilson
as Catedrático
Lola Cordón
as Abuela Natalia
Pedro Civera
as Director Colegio
Óscar Casas
as Emilio Chico (11 anos)
Adrián Lastra
as Bakala 1
Jesús Carrillo
as Bakala 2
María León
as Chica Disco
Jonathan Mellor
as Discapacitado
Noemí Ruíz
as Chica Pasillo
Ken Appledorn
as Camarero (uncredited)