“The kiss of the spider woman”, the musical with Jennifer López filmed in Montevideo, presented his first trailer

Writing the country
In May 2024 and for several weeks, the center of Montevideo was convulsed by a filming. Days before, at a conference, it had been announced that Hollywood He returned to Uruguay. This time with the Oscar winner, Bill Condonwho was in Uruguay to take care of some scenes for the cinematographic version of the musical Spider -woman kiss.

Part of the cast, headed by Jennifer López, Diego Luna and Tonatiuh He was in Uruguay. Luna and Tonatiuh visited our country and filmed several of the movie’s scenes; The singer also did not come, because she took care of her musical scenes in the United States.

Now, just over a year after the farewell of the Uruguay project, the film presented its first advance. “I present to Aurora,” Jennifer López wrote in his X account to show the Teaser trailer Spider -woman kisswhich will premiere on October 10 in the United States.

Published in 1976 and prohibited in the Argentine dictatorship, Spider -woman kiss It is the best -known novel by the writer Manuel Puig. It focuses on a cell in which Luis Molina coincides, who self -perceived woman, and Valentín, a political prisoner. The characters are played by Tonatiuh and Diego Luna, respectively.

To spend time, Molina tells Valentín the films she has in her mind, all starring Aurora, a character that López plays in the film.

Photo: Sunday

In the advancement that can see the contrast between the present gray in which the protagonists are, and the color and brightness of the reveries that Molina has. And in those scarce seconds some Montevideo sites can be recognized, such as the Metro Theaterthe excárcel of women that was also used in the film The 12 year old nightand the corner of San José and Zelmar Michelini, where a persecution was filmed.

The novel was adapted to the cinema in 1985 with William Hurt (won the Oscar as a cast actor), Raúl Juliá and Sonia Braga as the protagonists. In 1993 the adaptation of Broadway arrived, in charge of two heavyweights of the industry: John Kander and Fred EBBresponsible for classic titles such as Chicago and Cabaret. They took care of the music and lyrics of the work that was presented in stages around the world (in Argentina with Valeria Lynch as Aurora) and that this year will arrive at the cinema, with Uruguay – somehow – present.