Dreamgirls director Bill Condon returned to the realm of movie musicals at Sundance earlier this year with his reimagining of Kiss of the Spider Woman. One of the buzziest films at the festival, the starry film is led by Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez, and a breakout performance by actor Tonatiuh. A new take on the Tony Award winning Broadway musical and Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel that was adapted into the acclaimed 1985 movie, the film is set to hit theaters this October when it’s expected to be a major player in awards season.
Kiss of the Spider Woman is set in an Argentinian prison in 1981, where two men, one a flamboyant gay hairdresser, the other a Marxist rebel, forge an unlikely friendship by escaping the horrors of imprisonment through storytelling. In particular, the stories of classic screen actress Ingrid Luna aka the Spider Woman.
SYNOPSIS: Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit.
Roadside Attractions releases Kiss of the Spider Woman in theaters on October 10th. You can check out my early review here.
