Zapping (film)

Zapping
Zapping
	Film poster
Directed by	Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa
Written by	Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa
Produced by	Francisco Ramos
Starring	Alberto San Juan; Natalia Dicenta; Paz Vega; Eduard Fernández;
Cinematography	Teo Delgado
Edited by	Ángel Hernández Zoido
Music by	Miguel Franco; Alejandro Ibáñez;
Production; company	Aurum Producciones
Distributed by	Aurum
Release dates	June 1999 (Málaga); 6 August 1999 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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

Alberto San Juan as Alberto^[4]
Natalia Dicenta as Ana María^[2]
Paz Vega as Elvira^[2]
Eduard Fernández as Ramiro / Ramón^[3]
Guillermo Toledo^[2]

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]

References

^ Fernández-Santos, Elsa (5 August 1999). "La comedia "Zapping" muestra las relaciones entre televisión y realidad". El País.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Benavent 2000, p. 630.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Holland, Jonathan (23 August 1999). "Zapping". Variety.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Márquéz, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro. "Los documentales figuran como el principal aliciente del Festival de Málaga". El País.

[elsafdezsantos-1] Fernández-Santos, Elsa (5 August 1999). "La comedia "Zapping" muestra las relaciones entre televisión y realidad". El País.

[FOOTNOTEBenavent2000630-2] Benavent 2000, p. 630.

[holland-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.

[malaga-5] Márquéz, Héctor; Torreiro, Casimiro. "Los documentales figuran como el principal aliciente del Festival de Málaga". El País.

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