| Zapping | |
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| Directed by | Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa |
| Written by | Juan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa |
| Produced by | Francisco Ramos |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Teo Delgado |
| Edited by | Ángel Hernández Zoido |
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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 byJuan Manuel Chumilla Carbajosa [es] which starsAlberto San Juan,Natalia Dicenta,Paz Vega, andEduard Fernández.
Scorned middle-classhousewife Ana María tries to win back her husband Alberto (asci-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 2ndMálaga Film Festival in June 1999.[5] Distributed by Aurum,[3] it was released theatrically in Spain on 6 August 1999.[2]
Jonathan Holland ofVariety deemed the film to be a "a surreal, formally confused but visually daring take on the power of the televised image".[3]