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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...
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| Ana Torrent | ... | Ángela | |
| Fele Martínez | ... | Chema | |
| Eduardo Noriega | ... | Bosco Herranz | |
| Xabier Elorriaga | ... | Castro | |
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Miguel Picazo | ... | Figueroa |
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Nieves Herranz | ... | Sena |
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Rosa Campillo | ... | Yolanda |
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Paco Hernández | ... | Padre Angela (as Francisco Hernández) |
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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:
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€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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In one scene Chema is watching the Spanish movie "Leyenda Del Viento Norte". See more »Goofs
At 54 min the door Chema is trying to break into has the handle on the left hand side. However, when he opens the door and we see him from the inside, the handle has switched to the opposite side. See more »Quotes
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First effort by now affirmed Spanish director Amenebar, Tesis starts brilliantly (with a magnificent mix of music and images) and it develops perhaps too slowly and with a unsatisfying ending - at least for a mystery lover - butt it is for a rest a perfect machine explaining how a movie works, how it captures the attention of the viewers. Its aim and final analisys of the movie event and how violence is the basis of today's society could be debatable, but Amenebar has a gift to take good script and turn them in masterpieces.