Why is the movie titled "Kiss of the Spider Woman"?
Movie is about government agency tries to extract the truth from Valentin Arregui using his homosexual prison mate Luis Molina.
Luis Molina tell 2 stories to Valentin Arregui: one is German movie & another is spider woman.
Valentin Arregui tells his love story to Luis Molina.
Then why is the movie titled Kiss of the Spider Woman?
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The title is a reference to a scene from the book between the two inmates, Molina and Valentin.
Molina tells Valentin about a a film he once saw, whether true or not, about a woman whose husband had been cheating on her and she had become afraid of instantly turning into a panther and devouring him if he kissed by her.
Later on, Valentin asks for a kiss from Molina before his parole release. The information from the FAQ reagarding this is below.
From IMDB.com:
The title comes from a part in the book where Molina asks Valentin for a kiss before he is paroled. Valentin (Raul Julia) asks Luis Molina (William Hurt) whether he's afraid that he'll turn into a panther woman (as in the first film Molina tells Valentin, where the panther woman kills when she is kissed). Valentin says he is not the panther woman but the spider woman, hence Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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What is the meaning of Kiss of the Spider Woman?
What "Kiss of the Spider Woman" at first seems to be about is the changing nature of the relationship between two very different men who have been locked together in the same cell. They are opposites in every way. But they share the same experiences, day after day, and that gives them a common bond.What happens at the end of Kiss of the Spider Woman?
In an ironic role reversal at the end of the novel, Molina dies as a result of his involvement in politics, while Valent\xedn escapes the pain of torture by retreating into a dream world. William Hurt as Molina in the 1985 film version of Manuel Puig's Kiss of the Spider Woman.Where was Kiss of the Spider Woman filmed?
Principal photography began October 13, 1983 in S\xe3o Paulo, Brazil.Who is Valentin in Kiss of the Spider Woman?
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - Raul Julia as Valentin Arregui - IMDb.Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) - movie in full -
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