Héctor Babenco’s 1985 drama Kiss of the Spider Woman arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition from The Criterion Collection, featuring a new 4K digital restoration with a 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio track. William Hurt, Raul Julia, and Sônia Braga headline this prison-set tale of politics, identity, and imagination.
Film Info
Country: United States, Brazil
Year: 1985
Runtime: 120 minutes
Color/Black and White | 1.85:1 | English
Spine: #1299
Special Features
4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition features:
- New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- Alternate uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Tangled Web: Making “Kiss of the Spider Woman” (2008), a feature-length documentary
- Interview with Suzanne Jill Levine, biographer of Kiss of the Spider Woman author Manuel Puig, about the adaptation
- Short program on Puig
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Plus: an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich; new cover by Greg Ruth
Release Date
The Criterion edition of Kiss of the Spider Woman releases on January 27, 2026 and can be pre-ordered here.
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