Thesis

Thesis

My name is Ángela. They're going to kill me.

1996 · 125 min · ★ 7.5 · Horror, Thriller

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

Directed by Alejandro Amenábar · Written by Alejandro Amenábar

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