Overview
- The Mill Valley Film Festival featured the release with a spotlight on Tonatiuh, and the film is now playing in Bay Area theaters.
- Tonatiuh leads opposite Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez, with Lopez portraying both the glamorous Aurora and the Spider Woman.
- Condon says the adaptation centers on two people stripped of labels who learn to see each other with compassion.
- Production was split in two phases, starting with the musical sequences and then moving to a former Uruguayan prison for the dramatic scenes.
- Condon credits Ben Affleck’s company with financing and casting freedom, as Tonatiuh describes preparing contrasting personas and drawing on classic screen archetypes.