Brilliant (film)

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Brilliant
Directed by Roger Cardinal
Written byRobert Bergman
Produced byRoger Cardinal
Carmelo Caruana
Starring Erika Eleniak
Bruce Boxleitner
CinematographyWalter Bal
Edited byJason PJ Deschamps
Tom Strnad
Production
company
Warehouse Films
Distributed byOasis International
Release date
  • February 15, 2004 (2004-02-15)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Brilliant is a 2004 Canadian thriller film directed by Roger Cardinal, and starring Erika Eleniak and Bruce Boxleitner.

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Plot

Elizabeth Braden (Deborah Kelly) is a promising medical student working with renowned neurosurgeon, Dr. Dietrich (Boxleitner) on a high-tech research facility. Their work consists of finding a drug that would enhance memory. However, Elizabeth wakes up one day realizing that seven days have been stolen from her own memory. To find out what happened, she seeks the help of her friend, Ricky (Eleniak) and her lover, Joel (Matthew Boylan). But she soon realizes that there is nobody she can trust. [ citation needed ]

Filming

The film was shot through several locations on Quebec, Canada. Some of the locations used for the film were John Abbott College, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, and Mirabel International Airport in Montreal, Oka Beach in Oka, and the city of Mirabel.

Cast

Release

The film was released in Canada on February 15, 2004 and on March 28, 2004 on the United States.


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