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Thesis

Thesis

Horror · Thriller · 1996

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.

Movie details

Thesis

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

1996 Horror · Thriller 2h 5m

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7.5 / 10

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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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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alejandro Amenábar

Written by

Alejandro Amenábar · Mateo Gil

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

Court is in session

Put Thesis on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.