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 …showed first 75 words of 537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 537 total…them. On the other hand, I have learned how these political group members have a determined loyalty towards their fellow group members, but are subject to change their perspectives about other people. For example, Valentin calls Molina a “faggot” repeatedly as if he is strongly opposed to his ‘kind’ of people, but gradually becomes accustom to his kindness and helpfulness and begins to see him as a human, rather than something completely different from himself.