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Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, convicted for public indecency. An unlikely bond forms as Molina recounts a Hollywood musical plot starring Ingrid Luna. (R, 128 min.)
(TBD)
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. [Roadside Attractions]
Starring: Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez
Director: Bill Condon
Genre: Drama, Musical
"Captures all the drama of the original story and enhances it with show-stopping musical numbers."
— Fred Topel, United Press International
"Condon confirms that he’s simply unrivaled when it comes to directing movie musicals, and the three leads deliver a trifecta of tour de forces."
— Kevin Fallon, The Daily Beast
"Lopez has always been underrated as an actress, but Condon unleashes her fully in the film––she graces the screen like a Golden Hollywood starlet."
— Jourdain Searles, The Film Stage
"At the heart of it all, there’s Tonatiuh, who carries so much of the emotion of the film, expertly withholding when necessary and pouring it all out when called for."
— Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
"A lively & wonderful film adaptation of the 90s Broadway musical. Diego Luna is fantastic, Tonatiuh is a revelation, and Jennifer Lopez shines brightly in what can only be described as the perfect role."
— Fico Cangiano, CineXpress
"As writer and director of this ambitious movie-musical, filmmaker Bill Condon attacks the piece with smarts and strategy. Gender identity gets fully fleshed out. Now is the perfect time to tell this story,"
— Cortland Jacoby, AWFJ.org
"In essence the director has shot a gritty prison drama combined with an all glam and grand technicolor of an MGM musical from the '40s and '50s. It's an inspired change and gives this take even more of a reason to exist as a piece of cinema."
— Pete Hammond, Deadline Hollywood Daily
"Jennifer Lopez, her dancing and dresses are the starsin director Bill Condon's beautiful adaptation of Kander and Ebb's Broadway musical. Tonatiuh chemistry with Diego Luna and Lopez makes this sizzle. The musical is more timely than it should be."
— Jana Monji, Age of the Geek
"It updates the somewhat surreal, esoteric story for modern audiences used to glamorous Hollywood musicals and sweeping queer romances, making for maximum crowdpleasing efficiency. As cynical as that sounds, you can’t help but get lost in it. It works."
— Hoai-Tran, Bui Inverse
