Bruno Bichir stars in Bill Condon's KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN with Diego Luna and Jennifer Lopez, but the Mexican actor regrettably didn't share any screen time with his fellow Latino thespians. However, the actor appears with the breakout costar, Tonatiuh, and witnesses a star born.
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.Bill Condon’s visionary new adaptation is based on the acclaimed 1976 novel KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig and the Tony Award®-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony Award®-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime) and composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago). Written for the screen and directed by Bill Condon, this visually stunning and emotionally charged adaptation stars Emmy Award® nominee Diego Luna (Andor, Y tu mamá también), Tonatiuh (Carry On, Promised Land), and Emmy®, Grammy® and Golden Globes Award-nominated superstar Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Out of Sight), who also serves as an executive producer alongside Diego Luna. Produced by Barry Josephson, p.g.a., Tom Kirdahy, p.g.a., and Greg Yolen, p.g.a.
An Artists Equity and Mohari Media presentation, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN is a Josephson Entertainment / Tom Kirdahy / Greg Yolen / Nuyorican production. Bill Condon, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Mark Scheinberg, Dani Bernfeld, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon, Whitney Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Courtney Baxter, Diego Luna, D. Matt Geller, Pamela Thur, Sam Weisman, Daniel Weisman, and Margaux Weisman serve as executive producers.
Directed by Bill Condon Written by Bill Condon (screenplay), Manuel Puig (novel), Terrence McNally (stage musical), John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics) Produced by Barry Josephson p.g.a, Tom Kirdahy p.g.a, Greg Yolen p.g.a. Starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh and Jennifer Lopez
Runtime: 128 minutes
