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Tesis (1996) 7.4
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty... Director:Alejandro Amenábar |
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Cast
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Chema
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Xabier Elorriaga | ... |
Castro
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Figueroa
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Sena
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Yolanda
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Paco Hernández | ... |
Padre Angela
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Rosa Ávila | ... |
Madre Angela
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Teresa Castanedo | ... |
Presentadora T.V.
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José Miguel Caballero | ... |
Conserje Videoteca
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Joserra Cadiñanos | ... |
Vigilante
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Julio Vélez | ... |
Encargado tren
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Pilar Ortega | ... |
Encargada C. Ventas
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Olga Margallo | ... |
Vanessa
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Why is death and violence so fascinating? Is it morally correct to show violence in movies? If so, is there a limit to what we should show? That's the subject of Ángela's examination paper. She is a young student at a film school in Madrid. Together with the student Chema (who is totally obsessed with violent movies) they find a snuff movie in which a young girl is tortured and killed. Soon they discover that the girl was a former student at their school... Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
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Me llamo Ángela. Me van a matar. [English Tagline: My name is Angela. They're going to kill me.]Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong and perverse violent content, brief strong sexuality and strong language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
SpainLanguage:
SpanishRelease Date:
12 April 1996 (Spain) See more »Also Known As:
Thesis See more »Filming Locations:
Madrid, SpainBox Office
Budget:
€721,214 (estimated)Company Credits
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Title Card: WARNING: The following scenes may hurt the viewer's sensibility.
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When Angela (Ana Torrent) is accessing the warranty database, director Alejandro Amenábar's name appears as a warranted customer of an XT-500 video camera. See more »Goofs
When Angela runs out of Castro's office, a boom mic is reflected in the door, just before he yells to her. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Title Card: WARNING: The following scenes may hurt the viewer's sensibility.
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"Tesis" is not only a tantalizing Horror Thriller, but is also an intelligent study of people's fascination with death and the imagery of death. Several movies about the topic of snuff films have come up in the last several years (8 MM, for example), this one is definitely the best.
Angela is a young woman who is writing a thesis on violence in the media, in order to get her degree in communication science. Doing research, she gets to know Chema, a fellow student who is obsessed with violent movies. Angela finds a snuff video of a girl tortured to death, Chema recognizes the girl as a former student from their school, who disappeared several years ago. Angela and Chema get themselves into great danger, trying to find out who killed the girl.
Thrilling from the first to the last minute, and sometimes quite shocking and disturbing, "Tesis" is a movie that will definitely not disappoint you if you're looking for suspense. But not only is the movie thrilling and entertaining it also makes some very interesting points in the questions why people are fascinated with death and violence, what the effects of fascination with violence are and how media are dealing with it. I'll never forget the beginning of the movie, when a suicide occurs in the Madrid subway and Angela, although she doesn't want to be 'fascinated with violence', can't help but try to get a look at the dead body.
The acting in the movie is very good, specially Ana Torrent as Angela and Fele Martínez as Chema. A good cinematography supports the suspense and the thrilling atmosphere. Alejandro Amenábar did a great job writing and directing this movie, one of the most thrilling of the 90's. A great horror thriller, researching people's fascination with violence and death, 'Tesis' is disturbing, terrifying and intelligent! 8 out of 10!