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Thesis
MEANRANK
77/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1072
- IMDb #1332
- Rotten Tomatoes #862
- Letterboxd #710
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #706
- Kinopoisk #2088
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Lowest is Kinopoisk on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the most agreed on films →A university student working on her thesis about violent audiovisual images discovers a snuff film within the university's archives. She realizes the victim was a former student who recently disappeared, leading her to investigate a dark underground world. Her research pulls her into genuine danger as she gets closer to the truth behind the film's creation.
Details
- Director
- Alejandro Amenábar
- Writers
- Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil
- Released
- 11 April 1996
- Country
- Spain
- Language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Box office
- $2.6M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 8 →7 major awards won · 7 wins from 8 nominations across 1 ceremony
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Film | Winner | |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best New Director | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best New Actor | Fele Martínez | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Editing | María Elena Sáinz de Rozas | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Production Supervision | Emiliano Otegui | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Sound | Alfonso Pino, Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg | Winner |
| 11th Goya Awards 1997 | Best Actress | Ana Torrent | Nominee |
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8 awards — Thesis
×| Best Editing | María Elena Sáinz de Rozas | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner | |
| Best New Actor | Fele Martínez | Winner |
| Best New Director | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Alejandro Amenábar | Winner |
| Best Production Supervision | Emiliano Otegui | Winner |
| Best Sound | Alfonso Pino, Daniel Goldstein, Ricardo Steinberg | Winner |
| Best Actress | Ana Torrent | Nominee |