1986
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There is a Nazi crime melodrama, and a thriller about a spider woman, and the woman in both of them is played by the same actress (Sonia Braga). Later in the film, she also will appear as Valentin's lover; reality and fantasy are by then thoroughly mixed.
Kiss of the Spider Woman weaves an alluring exploration of sexual and societal norms that's further elevated by strong work from William Hurt and Raul Julia. Read Critics Reviews
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- Hector Babenco
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- William Hurt
Centering on the camaraderie in prison between gay window-dresser and Marxist radical, the film is schematic, and the recreations of old movie scenes are uneven, but the acting is good. Full ...
The film received positive reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives it a rating of 86% based on reviews from 35 critics. The site's consensus states; "Kiss of the Spider Woman weaves an alluring exploration of sexual and societal norms that's further elevated by strong work from William Hurt and Raul Julia."
9/10. Deeply emotional and rewarding experience. Coventry 6 July 2005. Slow-paced but amazingly compelling and moving drama, mainly set in the filthy prison cell of a never-named Latin American dictatorship country.
Jul 26, 1985 · Kiss of the Spider Woman: Directed by Hector Babenco. With William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy. A gay man and a political prisoner are together in a prison.
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Aug 13, 2008 · August 13, 2008. Having been translated into a play for stage and radio, a musical, and the much lauded film directed by Héctor Babenco, Argentine writer Manuel Puig’s book Kiss of the Spider Woman has a theme that endures throughout all its various incarnations: that of human dignity and compassion surviving within a society that denies it.
