by Matthew Tobey
synopsis
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 (Eduardo Noriega), a handsome classmate to whom Angela finds herself attracted, much to the chagrin of Cheme. Tesis was the recipient of seven awards at the 1997 Goya Awards including Best Film.
characteristics
- High Production Values
- Woman In Jeopardy
- Serial Killers
- Amateur Sleuths
- Spellbinders
- Mind Games
- Voyeurs
- Snuff-film
- Kill
- Torture
- Behind-the-scenes
- Student
- Filmmaker
- Murder
- Filmmaking
