William Hurt, Raul Julia, Sonia Braga
Kiss of the Spider Woman starts out simply enough, hemmed in by the narrow walls of a Latin American prison cell. Molina (William Hurt) is telling his new cellmate, Valentin (Raul Julia), his...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 21, 2008
Stats: 254 reviews
It's been years since I last saw this. I totally forgot how much I loved and still miss Raul Julia, what a talent. William Hurt is brilliant and I still enjoyed it the second time around. Still liked the story and the premise of it all, still didn't like the ending, but it fit th...( read more)
Saw thiso nVHS many years ago and remember it being a very powerful film, with an amazing cast.
an interesting film with two great performances about love and the transcendental power of storytelling. it had a few clumsy moments but overall its greater than the sum of its parts.
A wonderful, heartbreaking movie. I bought this on video as a pretentious mid-teenager and I still love it as a pretentious thirtysomething. Perhaps not the greatest prison movie ever made but surely the most moving. William Hurt and Raul Julia are simply magnificent as polar opp...( read more)
Babenco's jack pot in Hollywood was the death of his Oscar career.So what?Against the norms of studio decisions,Babenco controlled a subject truly remarkable and whoever thinks love and passion was a revolution in Brokeback Mountain,this is the real deal,the deserted souls.A frag...( read more)
One of the masterpieces of Hector Babenco. William Hurt and Raul Julia are excellent. Don't miss Sonia Braga.
The William Hurt-Raul Julia tandem makes this film an instant classic. A sweet French ambiance mixed with dismal scenes from a jailhouse creates a whole new atmosphere for avid moviegoers to delve in.
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