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Thesis

  • Thesis. Photo courtesy of the Spanish Film Archive

    Thesis. Photo courtesy of the Spanish Film Archive

  

Category

Feature film

Original title

Tesis

Year

1996

Director

Alejandro Amenábar

The first full length film by Alejandro Amenábar is an intense thriller that enjoyed a lopsided triumph at the Goya awards. 
 

Angela is preparing her thesis on audiovisual violence. One day, she finds her thesis advisor dead in a faculty room where he was watching a videotape. She takes the tape, which turns out to be a “snuff movie”, more specifically, the live recording of her classmate being murdered. Intent on investigating further into the matter, she requests from Chema, a classmate of hers and fan of gore films.
 

Technical specifications

Screenplay
Alejandro Amenábar

Actors
Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Nieves Herranz, Rosa Campillo

Music
Alejandro Amenábar, Mariano Marín

Format
Colour

Duration
125 minutes

Awards
Goya Best Film Award

  

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