‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Arrives on Digital, VOD Nov. 11
From Oscar-winning writer-director Bill Condon (Chicago) comes this emotional, visually stunning new adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1992), itself based on the 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig.
Video on Demand Electronic Sell-Through Street Date: 11/11/2025
Electronic Sell-Through SRPs: $14.99 SD / $19.99 HD
Genre: Musical/Drama
Rating: Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence
U.S. Theatrical Release Dates: October 10, 2025
Boxoffice:
Running Time: 128 minutes
Directed by: Bill Condon
Written by: Bill Condon, Terrence McNally, Manuel Puig
Cast: Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Selena, Maid in Manhattan), Diego Luna (“Andor,” “Y tu mamá también,” “Narcos: Mexico”) and Tonatiuh (Carry-On, “Vida,” “Promised Land”)
SYNOPSIS:
Argentina, 1983. As the nation’s military dictatorship wages a brutal campaign against its
political enemies, two prisoners are forced to share a cramped cell in Buenos Aires. Valentín
(DIEGO LUNA), a Marxist revolutionary, clings to his ideals despite torture and deprivation.
Molina (TONATIUH), a gay window dresser serving time for his sexuality, survives the horrors by
retreating into the comfort of movies in his imagination.
At first, their worlds could not be further apart – Valentín hardened by ideology, Molina softened
by fantasy. But as days stretch into weeks, Molina begins to recount in loving detail his favorite
film, Kiss of the Spider Woman: a dazzling Technicolor melodrama starring screen siren Ingrid
Luna (JENNIFER LOPEZ), who plays a woman trying to escape a mythical predator whose kiss
brings death. Together, the men conjure the film inside the prison walls, their imaginations
transforming the cell into a stage of color, music, and spectacle.
What begins as an act of escape becomes a fragile bridge between two unlikely companions.
Through stories, confessions, and sacrifice, Valentín and Molina discover unexpected
tenderness and the possibility of love in a place designed to crush the human spirit. Hovering
over it all is the Spider Woman herself, a figure of fatal seduction and transcendent release,
whose shadowy presence brings their journey to its haunting, inevitable conclusion.
A 1985 drama, also Kiss of the Spider Woman, was directed by Hector Babenco and starred William Hurt, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2024
Rating: Rated R for language, sexual content and some violence
Feature Run Time: 128 minutes
Type: Home Entertainment
Subtitles: None
Closed-Captioned: Yes
Format: 16×9 (1.85:1) Presentation
Audio: English 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Audio
