Film

Kiss of the Spider Woman

1985 · 2h · Drama

Once upon a time... in a tropical island far away, there lived a strange woman…

IMDb

7.3

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

80

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.

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

Antônio Petrin

Clubfoot

Wilson Grey

Flunky

Miguel Falabella

Lieutenant

Walter Breda

Agent #1

• Héctor BabencoDirector
• Leonard SchraderScreenplay
• Manuel PuigNovel
• David WeismanProducer
• Francisco Ramalho Jr.Executive Producer
• Rodolfo SánchezDirector of Photography
• Nando CordeiroOriginal Music Composer
• John NeschlingOriginal Music Composer
• Mauro AliceEditor

Re-release TrailerTrailer

Release date

July 26, 1985

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h

Rated

R

Budget

$1,250,000

Revenue

$17,000,000

Genres

Drama

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