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Directed by Hector Babenco and adapted for screen by Academy Award® nominated screenwriter Leonard Schrader from Manuel Puig's novel, Kiss of the Spiderwoman takes a penetrating look at the role of sex and politics under an oppressive right-wing regime.
Flamboyant homosexual Molina (William Hurt) and aggressive straight revolutionary Valentin (Raul Julia) share a prison cell in an unnamed Latin American dictatorship. Molina, to Valentin's disgust, escapes the cell walls by recounting in intricate detail a melodrama he saw some years before that unfolds in a series of nostalgic flashbacks. Devoted to his politics, Valentin takes exception to the film, but is gradually lulled by its telling. Luis, however holds a secret of passion and betrayal …
Hurt delivers his Academy Award®-winning performance in this captivating tribute to the power of film and fantasy as escape from inhumane conditions.
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Drama
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1985
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120:18
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480i (NTSC)
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Widescreen 1.85:1, 16x9 Enhanced
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