Kiss of the Spider Woman
The film centers on two cellmates who are a gay man and a political activist. They pass through many diificulty to learn the way to live well with each other and find a mutual respect.
9 March 1940, San Juan, Puerto Rico
20 April 1927, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
25 December 1948, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
8 November 1952, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
18 August 1951, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
9 May 1937, Dois Córregos, São Paulo, Brazil
17 October 1947, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
5 October 1927, Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1946, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
20 March 1950, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
8 June 1950, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
14 November 1929, Guaçuí, Espírito Santo, Brazil
1934, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
November 20, 2008
Babenco's film blends ideology with drama and betrayal for a tale as intellectually rewarding as it is passionate.
August 22, 2004
Bold and touching performances by William Hurt and Raul Julia.
November 22, 2002
Sorry, but this was boring and poorly executed.
January 06, 2016
A bold and brassy classic that challenges social and political norms in a magnificent manner.
August 14, 2008
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.
July 27, 2001
Succeeds beyond all the trappings it sets up for itself and becomes an accomplished picture as a result.
October 22, 2007
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.
August 11, 2008
Explores the rapture and torture of desire, and the tension between harsh reality and escapist fantasy. [DVD]
