Zapping (film)

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

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

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. Benavent 2000, p. 630.
  3. 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. Márquéz, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro. "Los documentales figuran como el principal aliciente del Festival de Málaga". El País.
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