KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

Argentina, 1983. With the country’s military dictatorship waging a brutal war against its political opponents, prisoners Valentín and Molina find themselves thrown together in a cramped cell. Initially at odds, they begin to bond as Molina narrates the story of his favorite movie, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” A colorful fantasia of song and dance starring screen siren Ingrid Luna, the film follows a woman attempting to outrun a mythical predator who kills with her kiss. Jointly visualizing the dazzling Technicolor adventure, the men escape the indignities of confinement, and their shared experience leads them toward hope, grace and connection.

From Bill Condon, the Academy Award®-winning writer-director known for such films as Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast, comes a visionary new interpretation of the literary and cultural landmark. Kiss of the Spider Woman stars Emmy Award® nominee Diego Luna (Andor, Y tu mamá también), Tonatiuh (Promised Land, Vida) and Emmy® and Grammy Award® nominated superstar Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Out of Sight), who, along with Diego Luna, also executive produces the film. It is based on the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig and the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony Award®-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime) and composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago).