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Thesis

1996 · 125 min

A queasy, gripping plunge into voyeurism and violence that keeps you tense and unsettled long after it ends.

Tagline
My name is Ángela. They're going to kill me.
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.
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • violence
  • deception
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror7
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension9
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Alejandro Amenábar
Written by
Alejandro Amenábar
Starring
Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga, Miguel Picazo, Nieves Herranz, Rosa Campillo, Paco Hernández
Music
Alejandro Amenábar
Cinematography
Hans Burmann
Runtime
125 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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