Fuga de cerebros (1998)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Fernando Musa

Writers:

Branko Andjic (writer)
Fernando Musa (writer)

Release Date:

2 April 1998 (Argentina)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Gay Interest | Thief | Crooked Cop | Shot In The Back | Single Mother

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Nicolás Cabré	...	Fideo
Luis Quiroz	...	Panta
Jimena Anganuzzi	...	Diana
Brian Forcinitti	...	Rengo
Erasmo Olivera	...	Timy
Roberto Carnaghi	...	Police chief
Enrique Liporace	...	Sosa
Federico D'Elía	...	Sentani
Nicolás Pauls	...	Rios
Ana María Picchio	...	Fideo's Mother
Manuel Callau	...	Novio de la Madre
Diego Topa	...	Oreja
Paulina Rachid	...	Novia de Oreja
Karina Buzeki	...	Chica de Los Sueños
Alberto Busaid	...	Coco

Also Known As:

Brain Drain (USA) (festival title)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Argentina

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Soundtrack:

That's All I Want

Brilliant multi-faceted view of Argentina's impoverished youth

A brilliant piece of work from a 28 year old Argentine director who knows his subject, BRAIN DRAIN, aka "Fuga de Cerebros" is a comprehensive, thought provoking film which not only addresses American cultural supremacy in today's & yesterday's Argentina (a reality long ignored by a country so boastful of its "European-ness", a myth this country loves selling to the world) but also explores alienation, poverty, love and racism among other topics. Technically sound, and featuring powerful performances from teenage actors, the picture excels in its realistic, crude view of the lot of Buenos Aires' disadvantaged youth, not unlike what exists in the Western world's other great metropolises, European and American alike.