Zapping | |
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Directed by | Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa |
Written by | Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa |
Produced by | Francisco Ramos |
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Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
Edited by | Ángel Hernández Zoido |
Music by |
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Production company | Aurum Producciones |
Distributed by | Aurum |
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Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Zapping is a 1999 Spanish satirical thriller film written and directed by Juan Manuel Chumilla CarbajosaAlberto San Juan, Natalia Dicenta, Paz Vega, and Eduard Fernández.
which starsScorned 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]
The film is an Aurum Producciones production.[3] It boasted a budget of 160 million ₧.[5]
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]
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]