Zapping (film)

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.

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 (1999-06) (Málaga) 6 August 1999 (1999-08-06) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

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]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1999