Thesis

– While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until deat..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 5 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Original Name:
Tesis
Thesis (1996) - Also known as Tesis

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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Thesis (1996) - Trailer

Release Date:

12 Apr 1996

Language:

Spanish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Alejandro Amenábar

Writer:

Alejandro Amenábar (screenplay), Alejandro Amenábar (story), Mateo Gil (story)

Main Actors:

Ana Torrent, Fele Martínez, Eduardo Noriega, Xabier Elorriaga

Plot:

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...

Awards:

15 wins & 5 nominations.

Production:

Andale Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%