Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
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Cast & Crew.
William Hurt
Luis Molina
Raúl Juliá
Valentin Arregui
Sônia Braga
Leni Lamaison / Marta
José Lewgoy
Warden
Miriam Pires
Molina's Mother
Milton Gonçalves
Pedro
Patricio Bisso
Greta / Costume Design
Nuno Leal Maia
Gabriel
Denise Dumont
Michele
Herson Capri
Werner
Fernando Torres
Americo
Ana Maria Braga
Lidia
Walter Breda
Agent
Miguel Falabella
Lieutenant
Wilson Grey
Flunky
Benjamin Cattan
Molina's friend
Nildo Parente
Leader of Resistance
Antônio Petrin
Clubfoot
Lineu Dias
Bank Cashier
Luis Roberto Galizia
Nurse
Héctor Babenco
Director
Manuel Puig
Novel
Leonard Schrader
Screenplay
Francisco Ramalho Jr.
Executive Producer
David Weisman
Producer
Nando Cordeiro
Original Music Composer
John Neschling
Original Music Composer
Rodolfo Sánchez
Director of Photography
Mauro Alice
Editor
Helen Hahn
Negative Cutter
Dennis McNeill
Color Timer
Lee Percy
Additional Editing
Rebecca Nicolaou
Post Production Coordinator / Assistant Editor
Susan Dudeck
Supervising Sound Editor
Allen Hartz
Sound Editor
Lorie O'Shatz
Sound Editor
Jeff Rosen
Sound Editor
Hugo Weng
Sound Editor
Val Kuklowsky
ADR Editor
Scott Ganary
Foley Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 26, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Content RatingR
Budget$1,250,000
Box Office$17,000,000
Filming LocationsSão Paulo, Brazil
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This Movie Is About.
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Kiss of the Spider Woman (Portuguese: O Beijo da Mulher Aranha) is a 1985 drama film, based on the 1976 novel of the same title by Argentine writer Manuel Puig. It is directed by Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco from a screenplay by Leonard Schrader, and stars William Hurt, Raul Julia, and Sônia Braga.
Set in a Brazilian prison during the military dictatorship, the film centers on a dialogue between two very different cellmates, a hardened leftist revolutionary (Julia) and an apolitical gay man (Hurt). The story utilizes metafictional and film-within-a-film elements, as the latter regales the former with retellings of an old movie, whose themes mirror those of the characters.
Independently produced by David Weisman and filmed in São Paulo between October 1983 and March 1984, the film premiered at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival, where Hurt won the Best Actor award and Babenco was nominated for the Palme d'Or. Released in the United States on July 26, 1985, it received widespread critical acclaim; Hurt won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor, and the film received a further three Oscar nominations: for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.
In 2015, the Brazilian Film Critics Association aka Abraccine voted Kiss of the Spider Woman the 61st greatest Brazilian film of all time, in its list of the 100 best Brazilian films.