Movie
Thesis
Overview
While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.
Details
- Release date
- 1996-04-11
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Horror, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Las Producciones del Escorpión
- Country
- Spain
- Original language
- ES
Cast
- Ana Torrent as Ángela
- Fele Martínez as Chema
- Eduardo Noriega as Bosco
- Xabier Elorriaga as Castro
- Miguel Picazo as Figueroa
- Nieves Herranz as Sena
- Rosa Campillo as Yolanda
- Paco Hernández as Ángela's Father
- Rosa Ávila as Ángela's Mother
- Teresa Castanedo as TV Presenter
- José Miguel Caballero as Video Library Concierge
- Joserra Cadiñanos as Vigilant
Crew
- Alejandro Amenábar - Director
- Alejandro Amenábar - Screenplay
- Alejandro Amenábar - Story
- Mateo Gil - Story
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