Kiss of the Spider Woman
Release Date: August, 1985
Studio: Strand Releasing
Director: Hector Babenco
Screenwriter:
Leonard Schrader
Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official Website: KissoftheSpiderWoman.com
Review: Not available
DVD/VHS: Not available
Movie Poster: Not available
Plot Summary: Molina, a flagrant
homosexual window trimmer convicted on a morals charge, shares a dreary prison cell with Valentin, a clandestinely-held revolutionary who has been endlessly tortured by prison authorities in a
non-specific Latin American metropolis, in a vain attempt to extract information on his subversive activities. Both men could not be farther apart in personal attitudes, lifestyles and emotional
makeup: Molina is a marvelously glib raconteur, who dwells in a fantasy world of glamorous movies from yesteryear, of romantic screen heroes and tragic heroines. Valentin is intensely withdrawn a
self-disciplined intellectual who is stubbornly devoted to his humanistic dreams and political cause. In the late night of darkness of their cell, Molina spins a fantastic yarn of celluloid
romance and intrigue, a Nazi propaganda film he once saw, involving the unlikely love affair between a ravishing French chanteuse caught up in the Resistance, with the handsome Chief of German
Counter-Intelligence for Occupied France. Each night, Molina continues to weave the intricate web of his story, ever embroidering the details to draw out the manipulate Valentin's emotions, never
once betraying his true motives to his audience. At first, Valentin is repelled but hypnotized by Molina and his tale. Their relationship is like a constant sparring match between two radically
different but equally desperate human beings to maintain their identities and dreams under terribly confining and numbing traditions. But gradually, circumstances force them both to each undergo
and unexpected transformation and to be drawn ever closer to each other, finally forming and remarkably touching bond of friendship, fraternal love and self-sacrifice.
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