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Thesis

Original title: Tesis
  • 1996
  • R
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
41K
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Alejandro Amenábar, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, and Ana Torrent in Thesis (1996)
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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...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...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
  • Writers
    • Alejandro Amenábar
    • Mateo Gil
  • Stars
    • Ana Torrent
    • Fele Martínez
    • Eduardo Noriega
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    41K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Alejandro Amenábar
    • Writers
      • Alejandro Amenábar
      • Mateo Gil
    • Stars
      • Ana Torrent
      • Fele Martínez
      • Eduardo Noriega
    • 128User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 6 nominations

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    Fele Martínez and Ana Torrent in Thesis (1996)
    Eduardo Noriega in Thesis (1996)
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    Ana Torrent
    Ana Torrent
    • Ángela
    Fele Martínez
    Fele Martínez
    • Chema
    Eduardo Noriega
    Eduardo Noriega
    • Bosco Herranz
    Xabier Elorriaga
    Xabier Elorriaga
    • Castro
    Miguel Picazo
    • Figueroa
    Nieves Herranz
    • Sena
    Rosa Campillo
    • Yolanda
    Paco Hernández
    • Padre Angela
    • (as Francisco Hernández)
    Rosa Ávila
    • Madre Angela
    Teresa Castanedo
    • Presentadora T.V.
    José Miguel Caballero
    • Conserje Videoteca
    Joserra Cadiñanos
    • Vigilante
    Julio Vélez
    • Encargado tren
    Pilar Ortega
    • Encargada C. Ventas
    Olga Margallo
    • Vanessa
    José Luis Cuerda
    José Luis Cuerda
    • Profesor 1º
    Emiliano Otegui
    • Profesor 2º
    Walter Prieto
    • Vigilante Tren
    • Director
      • Alejandro Amenábar
    • Writers
      • Alejandro Amenábar
      • Mateo Gil
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    • Trivia
      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.
    • Goofs
      When Professor Figueroa finds the door to the secret library, before he enters, he wears glasses. In he next shot, as he enters the door, the glasses are gone, but they come back some shots after.
    • Quotes

      Bosco: What color are my eyes?

    • Connections
      Featured in Cómo se hizo 'Tesis' (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Máquinas en Celo
      Written by Ingresó Cadáver

      Performed by Ingresó Cadáver

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    Effective Thriller
    This film is an efficient thriller from Spain. It deals with the popular urban legend of "snuff" films (films which depict a real-life murder committed purely for the sake of the film).

    The plot involves a young film student Angela (Ana Terrant) who is doing a thesis on cinematic violence. To research her thesis she seeks out the most extreme violence films she can find and accidentally stumbles upon a snuff film depicting the torture and murder of a fellow student from her university. She soon starts investigating the film.

    The film is well-made and well-acted with several effective scares and twists. It's main message is that the people who watch violent films are in some way accomplices to the violent acts that they watch. This is an old point that has been made several times before. It also deals with the attraction of the forbidden. For example, in the opening scene, Angela goes to see a dead body on a railway track, partly because she has been told not to. Just when she, and the audience, are about to see the body she is stopped. In another scene, Angela is looking away from the snuff film but takes a quick look when she is told not to.
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    • Jun 6, 2004

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 1996 (Spain)
    • Country of origin
      • Spain
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Ám Ảnh Bạo Lực
    • Filming locations
      • Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
    • Production companies
      • Las Producciones del Escorpión
      • Sogepaq
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    • Budget
      • €721,214 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,227
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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