Out gay filmmaker Bill Condon breathes new life into a story steeped in passion, politics and fantasy with his latest film, “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” Opening Oct. 10 in theaters, the screen adaptation of the Tony-winning musical blends gritty realism with technicolor spectacle, anchored by the chemistry between cellmates Luis Molina (out gay actor Tonatiuh) and Valentin (Diego Luna). Tonatiuh also appears as Kendall, a character in the film’s movie-within-a-movie opposite Jennifer Lopez’s Aurora. Adapted from Manuel Puig’s celebrated novel — and following both the Oscar-winning 1985 film and the Broadway musical — Condon’s version sets the story amid Argentina’s 1983 Dirty War, heightening its political edge while exploring isolation, liberation and the transformative power of connection

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