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Brain Drain

Country: Argentina, Language: Spanish, 95 mins

Original Title

Fuga de Cerebros
  • Director: Fernando Musa
  • Writer: Branko Andjic; Fernando Musa
  • Producer: Jaime L. Lozano; Fernando Musa

CGiii Comment

Typical street kid stuff - done with an amateur eye and hand - the performances aren't much better.

The message is: no matter how bad life is - you always have your dreams.

Well, this is not the most complex of messages - and neither is the film.

Forgettable and flimsy.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A teenage Argentine street gang are targeted for revenge by the overweight street cop whom they wrongfully accused of police brutality. Gang leader Fideo was born in the U.S. and speaks both English and Spanish. He dreams of returning to the US to become a recording star.

Cast & Characters

Nicolas Cabre as Fideo;
Luis Quiroz as Panta;
Jimena Anganuzzi as Diana;
Brian Forcinitti as Rengo;
Erasmo Olivera as Timy;
Roberto Carnaghi as Police chief;
Enrique Liporace as Sosa;
Federico D'Elia as Sentani;
Nicolas Pauls as Rios;
Ana Maria Picchio as Fideo's Mother;
Manuel Callau as Novio de la Madre;
Diego Topa as Oreja;
Paulina Rachid as Novia de Oreja;
Karina Buzeki as Chica de Los Suenos;
Alberto Busaid as Coco