TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hector Babenco
AU  - Hector Babenco
AU  - Manuel Puig
AU  - Leonard Schrader
AU  - William Hurt
AU  - Raul Julia
AU  - Sônia Braga
TI  - Kiss of the Spider Woman
AV  - PN1997 .K577 1985
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Brazil, United States
PB  - HB Filmes, FilmDallas Pictures
N1  - Based on the 1976 novel "Kiss of the Spider Woman" by Manuel Puig
N2  - From case cover:
This groundbreaking film was the first independent ever to receive the top four Oscar nominations including Best Picture for producer David Weisman, and Best Director for Hector Babenco. Adapted by Academy Award nominated screenwriter Leonard Schrader from Manuel Puig's novel, set in a non-specific Latin American country, Kiss of the Spider Woman takes a penetrating look at the role of sex, politics, and torture under an oppressive right-wing regime. The timeless story, more relevant today than ever, follows the complex relationship between two fundamentally different men with opposite life views - building with emotional crescendo as they gradually come together in a stunning transcendental conclusion. William Hurt delivers his Oscar-winning performance in this captivating tribute to the power of film and fantasy as escape from inhumane conditions
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