In analyzing the film Kiss Of The Spider Woman by Hector Babenco, the first thing I noticed was how the two cellmates in South America, Molina and Valentin were two very different people; in fact, perfect opposites. Molina is a homosexual who has been imprisoned for sexual offenses, while Valentin is a political prisoner, meaning that he is part of a political regime that is seemingly a part of a terrorist group against the government of South America. We know this when he speaks of Marta, "a middle class woman, who has it all", which indicates that he himself is a peasant or of low class status that is part of a political group striving to gain rights and equality. Valentin is tortured by authorities and is even given food that has been poisoned in an attempt to gain information about othe
Though the film's usefulness in describing the context of Latin America is rather hard to distinguish, we do however see the struggle that most Latin Americans went through in trying to find their place in a society that was made up of a culmination of people striving to gain freedom and independence. At this time, Latin America is still trying discover itself as a unit, while different political groups are constantly bombarding with their own views and ideas. Babenco does not seem to have any biases when filming this movie, other than the representation of Latin American men, such as Valentin as being poor looking with a scruffy complexion, compared to the other, so called "white Latin American" in the character of Molina, who is always appearing to be clean and well kept.
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