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William Hurt is Molina, a homosexual window dresser in his 30's sentenced to eight years with no parole for "corrupting a minor"; his cellmate, Valentin, played by Raul Julia, is a political prisoner held without trial and frequently tortured to disclose the names of his fellow Marxist rebels...
While in prison, Molina diverts Valentin, who is stingy with his pleasures (a stereotypical Marxist?), by recounting scenes from a Nazi propaganda film. These sepia-toned passages tell the preposterous tale of a French nightclub singer (Sonia Braga) meeting and loving a ranking SS commandant and are intended to showcase the salvation that is the movie theater--a promising motif. Unfortunately, the film-within-the-film is a let-down, unamusing...
...love the leading man"--in other words, fantasy's healing power is in the spellbinding, not in the political message. By acting out the parts in the gloom of his darkened cell for his initially reluctant cell-mate, Molina saves his sanity and helps break the ice with Valentin--proof positive of fantasy's rich payoff for reality. As with Spielbergism, style subordinates content for our protagonist...
Spider Woman turns on Molina's love for Valentin. Without giving too much away, the pair's involvement results in a kind of personality transfer. Molina, upon release from prison, sheds his early effiminate ways to become a classical hero, sacrificing himself for the ideals of his friend. Valentin drifts off into fantasy, easing the pain of another police beating by dreaming of a deserted island and his girlfriend...
Morse called the amount of cash stolen "an appreciable amount." George Valentin, a Cafe employee of seven months and the one who chased the thieves to their car and copied the license plate, said that $2000 was taken from the safe...