Kiss of the Spider Woman

Written entirely as a report, this chapter focuses on what Molina does post-release. Under surveillance, it is reported that he meets with family members, talks on the phone with friends, and attempts to meet up with Gabriel, but to no avail.Eventually, Gabriel becomes uninterested. At home, Molina’s attention seems to drift toward the direction of the prison. Molina becomes aware of the surveillance and makes a call from a public phone. He agrees to meet Valentin’s comrades at a designated place. When he arrives, with cash in hand, so do the police. 

As they are in the process of arresting him, shots are made from a passing vehicle that belongs to Valentin’s comrades, killing Molina and wounding an agent. In the reports, they believe the comrades wanted to keep Molina from confessing important information, but the report also suggests that Molina was prepared to die. 

Valentin has been interrogated and is being given medication from the prison doctor, who is shocked by the torture they conducted. As the morphine enters his body, Valentin drifts into a dreamlike state. He imagines himself with Marta, having a conversation, kissing her, saying he’ll tell her everything, so she won’t leave him, and admitting, too, that Molina’s death was his fault.