Kiss of the Spider Woman is a 1985 Brazilian-American drama film. It was directed by Argentine-born Brazilian director Héctor Babenco, and adapted by Leonard Schrader from the Manuel Puig novel of the same name. William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, and Milton Gonçalves star in the leading roles. The film tells of two very different men who share an Argentinian prison cell: Valentin Arregui , who is imprisoned due to his activities on behalf of a leftist revolutionary group, and Luis Molina a homosexual in prison for having sex with an underage boy.... Molina passes the time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, a wartime romantic thriller that's also a Nazi propaganda film. He weaves the characters into a narrative meant to comfort Arregui and distract him from the harsh realities of political imprisonment and the separation from the woman he cares about. Arregui allows Molina to penetrate some of his defensive self and opens up.
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| Release date: | June 6, 1985 |
| Directed by: | Hector Babenco |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | Hector Babenco, Jane Holzer, David Weisman |
| Music by: | John Neschling |
| Screenplay by: | Leonard Schrader |
| Adapted from: | Kiss of the Spider Woman |