Jan 7, 2009

Kiss of the Spider Woman | Summary

The story begins with two men, Molina, a homosexual window-dresser, and Valentin, a Marxist political activist, sharing a prison cell. Molina has been convicted of a sexual "perversion," while Valentin has been arrested for his revolutionary activities. In order to pass the time, Molina describes in great detail to Valentin a movie he once saw. Although the movie is not named directly in the story, it is recognizable as the classic Hollywood movie Cat People, which was released in 1943. In this movie, a woman is transformed into a panther who attacks people at night. Although he...