Babenco's film blends ideology with drama and betrayal for a tale as intellectually rewarding as it is passionate.
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11/20/08
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
88 %
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Reviews Counted: 24
Fresh: 21
Rotten:3
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 48 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Hector Babenco's Oscar-nominated drama, adapted from Manuel Puig's novel and set in an unspecified Latin American country, takes a penetrating look at the role of entertainment in a politically oppressive regime. When activist... [More]
Starring: William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, José Lewgoy
Director: Hector Babenco
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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.
08/14/08
Explores the rapture and torture of desire, and the tension between harsh reality and escapist fantasy. [DVD]
08/11/08
Centering on the evolving camaraderie in prison between a gay window-dresser and a Marxist radical, the movie, like the book, is schematic, and the recreations of old movie scenes are uneven, perhaps a result of helmer Babenco's limited visual style
10/22/07
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