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Thesis

Thesis

My name is Ángela. They're going to kill me.

19967.52h 5m

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.

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar
Written by Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
Produced by José Luis Cuerda
Box Office0Revenue: $2.6M

Top Cast

Ana Torrent

Ana Torrent

Ángela

Fele Martínez

Fele Martínez

Chema

Eduardo Noriega

Eduardo Noriega

Bosco

Xabier Elorriaga

Xabier Elorriaga

Castro

Miguel Picazo

Miguel Picazo

Figueroa

N

Nieves Herranz

Sena

Rosa Campillo

Rosa Campillo

Yolanda

P

Paco Hernández

Ángela's Father

R

Rosa Ávila

Ángela's Mother

T

Teresa Castanedo

TV Presenter

Themes & Keywords

researchmadrid, spainkidnappingpsychopathsnuffasthmafriendsfilm in filmmurderserial killertorturethesispsychovideo tapecollege studentchloroformschool libraryviolencetenseintensedisembowelmentvideo archive

About Thesis

Thesis is a horror, thriller film released in 1996 exploring themes of research, madrid, spain, kidnapping, psychopath, snuff, asthma. Directed by Alejandro Amenábar, it stars Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega. 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.

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