what is the movie off course about?

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Off Course (Spanish: Perdiendo el norte) is a 2015 Spanish comedy film directed by Nacho G. Velilla. The movie touches on the topics of youth unemployment and underemployment, economic emigration, estrangement (from family), language barriers, Alzheimer's, infertility and other subjects. Contents

Off Course (Spanish: Perdiendo el norte) is a 2015 Spanish comedy film directed by Nacho G. Velilla. The movie touches on the topics of youth unemployment and underemployment, economic emigration, estrangement (from family), language barriers, Alzheimer's, infertility and other subjects.

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"Off Course" is a sarcastic tale about one's desire to belong to the natural world and the need to prove that the artificial lifestyle they lead is a choice. On her 19th birthday, Emily decides to leave for the woods to "discover herself".

Plot

Overeducated, underemployed professionals Hugo ( Yon González, trained in the financial sector) and Braulio (Julián López, a scientist) are lured to migrate to Berlin by a TV programme showing an interview with an émigré who describes Germany as employment paradise.

Reception

The film debuted to receipts of €1.25 million over its opening weekend. Gross receipts reached $11.5 million by June 2015.

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