Jennifer Lopez in tears at the premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman Sundance

Jennifer Lopez Held a moving speech as she spoke about her new film at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Sunday 26 January, and even cried when she told the fans how much it meant for her to play in her first film musical.

Lopez, 55, participated in a question and answer session to promote Kiss of the spider womanA musical adaptation of the novel by Manuel Puig from 1976 and the Tony-winning Broadway Musical about two Argentinian cell mates-a political prisoner and a strange eruptor convicted of public indefinability-who get a bond with a beloved music theater player, Ingrid Luna (Lopez) .

Lopez said in the Eccles Theater in Park City, where her performance received a standing ovation from fans, and said it was a lifelong dream of hers to play in a fully -fledged music film. (She played earlier Selena Quintanilla In a Biopic from 1997.)

“I have been waiting all my life at the moment,” she said during the screening, which was attended by We. “The reason I wanted to work in this business at all is because my mother left me in front of the TV and [West Side Story] would appear once a year. I remember that I was mesmerized and thought, “That’s what I want to do.” That was always my goal. “

Lopez became stifled when she said: “This is the first time I can actually do it. This man has made my dream come true! ”

The man in question is director Bill Condonknown for hits as Chicago, dream girls And The biggest showman – And his film with Lopez gets a lot of fuss at the prestigious film festival. “It’s just an honor to be part of this film and I thank you very much for this moment,” Lopez told her director and Costars.

As a nod to the spider-like title of the film, Lopez wore a striking Bodycon dress with flippers and a matching chain for the event, together with towering heels and a black clutch.

The dedicated crowd fans of the actress and singer were massively present at the screening and shouted: “I love you, J. Lo!” While she gave her emotional speech. (Of course she replied: “I love you too!”)

Condon said that Kiss of the spider woman Was “a film that I wanted to make all my life” and spoke about its meaning among queer and trans communities, half a century after the original novel.

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“The most important thing is that we have to bridge these differences,” he said. “In this film there is the feeling that the only way out is love and kindness. It became clear that transgender people were used for years as the latest victims of the cultural war. It felt like whatever happened, this is something we have to live with and that it will not disappear. And again, for me the promise of the film is that people can somehow continue and see each other as individuals.

That of Lopez Kiss of the spider woman costar Tonatiuh added: “When I grew up like a femme, queer latin-child in a culture that does not necessarily praise these things, I remember that when I was very young, with hand and tooth moisture to be super feminine and it in the faces of people. But I was told that my career would never reach the size I wanted. So what I fought for so hard to love myself was stamped out of me in an industry in which they did not know how to deal with duality.

He explained that the script resonated with him at a deep level. “When I got this material, I knew this person spiritually. I understood someone who felt a loser in his own life and who discovered how he could become the hero of his own story by falling in love, “Tonatiuh said. “And one spirit was allowed to show the whole spectrum, from female to male and everything in between. And I think what I got from it is that nobody can tell you who you are. You have to decide that gender is just a construction, and it is something we play with which we enjoy and that we can discover. And at a time when people tell us that things are inherent binary, at a time when violence exists from that binary system, I hope that people can offer comfort and know that they are not alone.

With reporting by Mara Reinstein