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Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a 1985 Brazil-American drama film. It was directed by Argentine-born Brazilian director Hector Babenco, and adapted by Leonard Schrader from the Manuel Puig novel of the same name. William Hurt, Raúl Juliá, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy, and Milton Gonçalves star in the leading roles. The film tells of the political prisoner Valentin Arregui (Raúl Juliá) and effeminate homosexual and statutory rapist Luis Molina (William Hurt). They share a Brazilian prison cell. Molina passes the time by recounting memories from one of his favorite films, a wartime romantic thriller that's also a Nazi propaganda film. He weaves the characters into a narrative meant to comfort Arregui and distract him from the harsh realities of political imprisonment and the separation from the woman he cares about. Arregui allows Molina to penetrate some of his defensive self and opens up. An unlikely friendship develops between the two prisoners: the... full article at wikipedia

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  • Jul 26, 1985
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  • 120.0min
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  • 60010547
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by mw_wikipedia_imdb Feb 23, 2008

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