Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 7
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 2
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Release Date: Apr 12, 1996 Wide
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The debut feature from Spanish wunderkind Alejandro Amenábar (Open Your Eyes, The Others), Tesis is a thriller starring Ana Torrent as Ángela Márquez, a film student who, while researching for a thesis paper on violence in cinema, stumbles upon a snuff film featuring the murder of a former student at the university. Enlisting the help of classmate and violent-movie buff Chema (Fele Martínez), Angela begins an investigation into the crime that leads them to several suspects. One of them is Bosco
Apr 12, 1996 Wide
Nov 16, 1999
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mia filodoksi apopeira sholioy sti bia toy mesoy poy ypiretei [o skino8etis], ton tropo poy ayti hrisimopoieitai os opioyho skeyasma, kai etsi gia ton habale, ton symbolismo toy ergaleioy poy koybalaei ston omo toy (os ergaleio apokalypsis tis alitheias,
It only manages to be startling in passing.
The thinking man's 8mm.
Si van con su pareja, ojo con su brazo porque puede acabar maltratado con la tensión -garantizada- de la cinta.
Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar ('Open Your Eyes') is already in his element with this low-budget thriller debut.
The young director has an exciting way of filming and keeping one engrossed in the story...
I can understand why this brought Alejandro Amenabar to a fruitful career, but I really just thought this was a serviceable, brainless thriller. The one thing that irked me most is that Angela is simply one of the dumbest horror protagonists I've ever seen. She is vacant, unresourceful and a God-awful liar. For one,
April 22, 2007Super Reviewer
Tesis is an excellent thriller about the powerful fascination that surrounds violence and death. Especially in movies. Angela is a visual communications student who begins to make her thesis about violence in cinema. From then on, she encounters, face to face, the rawest expression of her subject of research, closer
March 15, 2008Super Reviewer
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