The Argentine novel that is a worldwide success returns to the cinema with Jennifer López

Manuel Puig’s successful novel Spider -woman kiss will have a new adaptation in the cinemabut this time what will be seen is a musical about the love story between a political and homosexual prisoner. The details of the new version directed by Bill condon (who was behind the remake of Beauty and the beastof Disney) and Jennifer López’s attachment who adds to the film that will be released during 2025.

The trailer images start showing the character of López, Ingrid Luna, a stunning woman who is in a luxurious restaurant, to whom they tend their hand to dance. It is then that Luis Molina enters the scene, whom he puts face Tonatiuh, in a movie theater, self -absorbed, before he was imprisoned by immoral behavior. “What is your favorite movie?” Molina asks his cellmate, the idealist and political prisoner Valentin Arregui. “I have none,” he replies, in a dry tone, the character headed by Diego Luna. “I couldn’t live without films. One of them I will never forget … Spider -woman kiss“he answers, observing the film’s poster starring the imaginary star played by López.

“Valentin (Diego Luna), a political prison movie. The Argentine-Brazilian director Héctor Babenco took the film in 1985 the story of Manuel Puig In an acclaimed adaptation starring William Hurt and Raül Julia. The movie received Oscar nominations and the statue of best actor earned Hurt. In Buenos Aires a theatrical adaptation of the novel at the Buenos Aires Theater is presented with great success with Pablo Pieretti and Oscar Giménez, with the direction of Valeria Ambrosio.

What Manuel Puig, prolific writer and LGBT+ icon died

Manuel Puig died in Cuernavaca, Mexico, after a gallbladder operation. He was 57 years old. Born in general Villegas in 1932, the writer had made his entry into the literature in 1968 with Rita Hayworth’s betrayalto which it followed Painted mouths A year later. The success of his second novel was immediate. Puig stood out with his folletinesco style and his mixture of various narrative techniques. Marched into exile after the publication of The Buenos Aires affair. In 1976 his most famous work was published: Spider -woman kisswhich would lead to a movie and a musical. Later they would arrive Angelic pubis, eternal curse to whom read these pages, corresponded love blood and Tropical night falls. It is considered one of the most important novelists in Argentina in the twentieth century.

• With information from Europa Press.