Zapping (film)

Zapping
Film poster
Directed byJuan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa
Written byJuan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa
Produced byFrancisco Ramos
Starring
CinematographyTeo Delgado
Edited byÁngel Hernández Zoido
Music by
  • Miguel Franco
  • Alejandro Ibáñez
Production
company
Aurum Producciones
Distributed byAurum
Release dates
  • June 1999 (1999-06) (Málaga)
  • 6 August 1999 (1999-08-06) (Spain)
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Zapping is a 1999 Spanish satirical thriller film written and directed by Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa [es] which stars Alberto San Juan, Natalia Dicenta, Paz Vega, and Eduard Fernández.

Plot

Scorned middle-class housewife Ana María tries to win back her husband Alberto (a sci-fi fan dating younger nurse Elvira, in turn chased by jealous and psychopatic ex-boyfriend Ramiro) via a television show.[1][2][3]

Cast

Production

The film is an Aurum Producciones production.[3] It boasted a budget of 160 million ₧.[5]

Release

The film premiered at the 2nd Málaga Film Festival in June 1999.[5] Distributed by Aurum,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 6 August 1999.[2]

Reception

Jonathan Holland of Variety deemed the film to be a "a surreal, formally confused but visually daring take on the power of the televised image".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (5 August 1999). "La comedia "Zapping" muestra las relaciones entre televisión y realidad". El País.
  2. ^ a b c d e Benavent 2000, p. 630.
  3. ^ a b c d e Holland, Jonathan (23 August 1999). "Zapping". Variety.
  4. ^ Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 630. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
  5. ^ a b Márquéz, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro. "Los documentales figuran como el principal aliciente del Festival de Málaga". El País.