Frida
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| Directed by | Julie Taymor |
| Produced by |
Sarah Green Salma Hayek Jay Polstein Lizz Speed Nancy Hardin Lindsay Flickinger Roberto Sneider |
| Screenplay by |
Clancy Sigal Diane Lake Gregory Nava Anna Thomas |
| Based on |
Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera |
| Starring | Salma Hayek Alfred Molina Valeria Golino Mía Maestro Roger Rees Geoffrey Rush |
| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Edited by | Françoise Bonnot |
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| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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123 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Spanish French Russian |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $56.3 million |
Frida is a 2002 American biopic drama film directed by Julie Taymor. It depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award-nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera. The movie was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas from the book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera.
Frida received moderately positive reviews from critics, and won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score.
Frida begins just before the traumatic accident Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) suffered at the age of 18 when a trolley bus collided with a motor bus she was riding. She is impaled by a metal pole and the injuries she sustained plague her for the rest of her life. To help her through convalescence, her father brings her a canvas upon which to start painting. Throughout the film, a scene starts as a painting, then slowly dissolves into a live-action scene with actors.
Frida also details the artist's dysfunctional relationship with the muralist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). When Rivera proposes to Kahlo, she tells him she expects from him loyalty if not fidelity. Diego's appraisal of her painting ability is one of the reasons that she continues to paint. Throughout the marriage, Rivera cheats on her with a wide array of women, while the bisexual Kahlo takes on male and female lovers, including in one case having an affair with the same woman as Rivera.
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