Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
120 min + 117 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Brazil ( Latin America, Mexico )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Hector Babenco

Written By:
Manuel Puig
Leonard Schrader

Actors:
William Hurt ..... Luis Molina
Raul Julia ..... Valentin Arregui
Sonia Braga ..... Leni Lamaison / Marta / Spider Woman
José Lewgoy ..... Warden
Milton Gonçalves ..... Secret Policeman
Míriam Pires ..... Moth
Nuno Leal Maia ..... Gabriel
Fernando Torres ..... Americo
Patricio Bisso ..... Greta
Herson Capri ..... Werner
Denise Dumont ..... Miche
Nildo Parente ..... Leader of Resistance
Antônio Petrin ..... Clubfo
Wilson Grey ..... Flunky
Miguel Falabella ..... Lieutenant

Synopsis:

***ATTENTION***This is a 2-Disc Edition, Blu-ray Disc contains Feature Film and DVD disc contains Extras: Making Of, Secrets of the Spiderwoman & Trailer***Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behavior and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep his mind on the situation he's in. During the time they spend together, the two men come to understand and respect one another.

Valentin Arregui and Luis Molina are unlikely cell mates in a Latin American prison. Valentin, a journalist, is a political prisoner who was working for a leftist anti-government revolutionary group. While in prison, he is frequently tortured in order to cough up information on those with whom he is working. That includes the new prisoner in the cell across the block from his. Valentin has yet to provide the authorities with any useful information. Molina, a stereotypically gay window dresser, is imprisoned on morals charges: having homosexual sex with a minor. He states that he has no political affiliations. To pass the time, Molina recounts aloud story-lines from his favorite movies, usually those of a romantic nature. The current movie of which he is telling is a wartime romantic thriller, which in reality is a World War II Nazi propaganda film, about which he doesn't care as he focuses on the romance part of the story. Because of the reason for his imprisonment, Valentin doesn't much like that Molina is telling a story produced by a repressive regime, but gets caught up in Molina's story-telling regardless. The unlikely cell mates form an equally unlikely friendship based on their mutual support for each other. Molina later admits that he has fallen in love with Valentin. What Valentin does not know is that Molina has been co-opted by the prison warden and the secret police to befriend Valentin so that he can get information on and report back to them about the leftist group with which Valentin is working. Molina's reward is early parole. The question becomes whose side is Molina really supporting if either.

Kiss of The Spider Woman is a cinematographic adaptation of the eponymous novel of Manuel Puig. Directed in 1985 by Héctor Babenco ('Pixote', 'Carandiru',…), the film brings together Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, and William Hurt, who will be awarded by the Academy and the Festival of Cannes. Against a background of prison, engagement and cinema, it portrays the argentinian society during the dictatorship of the 70?s. Valentin (Raúl Juliá), revolutionary journalist, and Molina (William Hurt), an eccentric gay charged for a sordid case, are locked up in the same cell. These men that everything separates, harassed by the violence of the jail, will start a daily dialogue led by, from one hand, Valentin's ideals and, for the other, the romantic story of a film Molina reveals. This one inexorably tells the passion of a resistant fighter for a nazi officer. This framework allows to develop several levels of narration. Past (the activism of Valentin), present (the prison) or future/desire (the dreams and the theatricality of Molina) cross, mix, and to each space matches a special direction. Babenco so constantly takes us from one movie to another. But, if the mix of the genres, or even the styles, gives a unique atmosphere to the artwork, this one is also served by Puig's text. As the relation between these unlikely companions evolves, the intrigue and the plots tighten in such a way if we absolutely should reduce the 'Kiss Of The Spider Woman' to one single idea, we would proclaim: must see, unquestionably!

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 September, 2015.

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