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Kiss of the Spider Woman

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Director -
Hector Babenco -
Producer -
David Weisman -
Screenwriter -
Leonard Schrader , Manuel Puig -
Distributor -
Strand Releasing -
Production Co -
HB Filmes , Embrafilme , FilmDallas Pictures , Island Pictures -
Rating -
R -
Genre -
Drama -
Original Language -
Brazilian Portuguese -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jun 29, 1985, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Dec 30, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$13.2M -
Runtime -
1h 59m -
Sound Mix -
Mono -
Aspect Ratio -
Flat (1.85:1)