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A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.


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

Ana Torrent
Ángela

Fele Martínez
Chema

Eduardo Noriega
Bosco

Xabier Elorriaga
Castro

Miguel Picazo
Figueroa
Nieves Herranz
Sena

Rosa Campillo
Yolanda
Paco Hernández
Ángela's Father
Rosa Ávila
Ángela's Mother
Teresa Castanedo
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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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