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Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign films.
- Motion pictures.
- Drama.
- Queer cinema.
- Independent films.
- Prisons.
- Motion pictures--Latin America.
- Motion pictures--Brazil.
- Genre:
- Feature films
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (121 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
- Place of Publication:
- The Criterion Collection 1985
- [San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2025
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Based on the novel by Argentine writer Manuel Puig, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN features tour de force performances from William Hurt (winner of the Best Actor award at both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival) and Raúl Juliá as, respectively, the queer, gender-fluid Molina and the leftist radical Valentin, who find themselves imprisoned in the same cell during the Brazilian military dictatorship
- Participant:
- José Lewgoy, Milton Gonçalves, Míriam Pires, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga, William Hurt
- Notes:
- Title from title frames
- Film
- In Process Record
- Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1985
- Publisher Number:
- 16480577 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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