Thesis
(1996)
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Thesis
(1996)
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Ana Torrent | ... |
Ángela
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Fele Martínez | ... | ||
Eduardo Noriega | ... | ||
Xabier Elorriaga | ... |
Castro
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Miguel Picazo | ... |
Figueroa
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Nieves Herranz | ... |
Sena
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Rosa Campillo | ... |
Yolanda
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Paco Hernández | ... |
Padre Angela
(as Francisco Hernández)
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Rosa Ávila | ... |
Madre Angela
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Teresa Castanedo | ... |
Presentadora T.V.
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José Miguel Caballero | ... |
Conserje Videoteca
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Joserra Cadiñanos | ... |
Vigilante
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Julio Vélez | ... |
Encargado tren
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Pilar Ortega | ... |
Encargada C. Ventas
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Olga Margallo | ... |
Vanessa
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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... Written by Mattias Pettersson <seaman@sbbs.se>
Tesis is one of the finest Spanish films of the last 10 years. God help us if Tom Cruise remakes this first Amenabar gem as he has Abre los ojos> Vanilla Sky coming soon, blech! Using the iconic gaze of Ana Torrent--see her at 6 in Spirit of the Beehive or at 10 in Cria!-- Amenabar makes an obvious but still gripping statement about modern society's facination with violence in the media. Using phenomenal tracking shots, cross-referenced pov and suspenseful tension to maximum effect, he and his cast convert what could have been a hack DePalma style Hitchcock ripoff into art. An awareness of contemporary Spain certainly helps, as much that we Americans consider passe was fairly new over there at the time (not in 2001, alas.) Fele Martinez at his best, too.