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.

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.

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".