Tesis

Madrid film school student Ángela examins violence in movies for her studies. Together with the student Chema 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... 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?

Keywords

  • Award Winning
  • Films Spain
  • film about film
  • media
  • suspense

Actors

  • Fele Martínez
  • Ana Torrent
  • Eduardo Noriega
  • Miguel Picazo

Director

  • Alejandro Amenábar

Horror, Thriller

2h 10min

16 FSK

DE

Spain
1996
The cult film was named best film of the year at the Goya Awards.

The cult film was named best film of the year at the Goya Awards.


Madrid film school student Ángela examins violence in movies for her studies. Together with the student Chema 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...

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?

Festivals

Cast & Crew