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Kiss of the Spider Woman Screens in Bay Area, Elevates Breakout Star Tonatiuh

Bill Condon’s film fuses classic Hollywood fantasy with on-location prison realism.

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.