Zapping (film)


Zapping is a 1999 Spanish satirical thriller film written and directed by 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 via a television show.

Production

The film is an Aurum Producciones production. It boasted a budget of 160 million ₧.

Release

The film premiered at the 2nd Málaga Film Festival in June 1999. Distributed by Aurum, it was released theatrically in Spain on 6 August 1999.

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".