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Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Directed by Héctor Babenco
“Once upon a time... in a tropical island far away, there lived a strange woman…”
Drama · 2h 00m
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Cast
William Hurt
Luis Molina
Raúl Juliá
Valentin Arregui
Sonia Braga
Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
José Lewgoy
Warden
Milton Gonçalves
Pedro
Miriam Pires
Mother
Nuno Leal Maia
Gabriel
Fernando Torres
Americo
Patricio Bisso
Greta
Herson Capri
Werner
Denise Dumont
Michele
Nildo Parente
Leader of Resistance
Crew
- Director
- Héctor Babenco
- Screenplay
- Leonard Schrader
- Novel
- Manuel Puig
- Director of Photography
- Rodolfo Sánchez
- Original Music Composer
- Nando Cordeiro, John Neschling
- Editor
- Mauro Alice
- Producer
- David Weisman
Details
- Release date
- 1985-07-26
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, German, Portuguese, French
- Countries
- Brazil, United States of America
- Production
- HB Filmes, Island Pictures
- Budget
- $1,250,000
- Box office
- $17,000,000