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Frida (2002)

R 08/29/2002 (US) Drama, Romance 2h 3m

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A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.

Julie Taymor

Director
Hayden Herrera

Novel
Anna Thomas

Screenplay
Gregory Nava

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Diane Lake

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Clancy Sigal

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Salma Hayek Pinault

Frida Kahlo
Alfred Molina

Diego Rivera
Mía Maestro

Cristina Kahlo
Patricia Reyes Spíndola

Matilde Kahlo
Diego Luna

Alejandro
Roger Rees

Guillermo Kahlo
Ashley Judd

Tina Modotti
Antonio Banderas

David Alfaro Siqueiros
Edward Norton

Nelson Rockefeller
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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

80%

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on July 8, 2023

A good biographical film about one of the greatest American painters of the 20th century.

I'm not a deep connoisseur of Mexican painting, but I don't think I'm saying heresy if I consider Frida Kahlo the most international and well-known artist in the country, the most notable of Mexican painters. She was considered a surrealist, but she didn't really agree with that because she didn't paint dreams. In fact, I agree with the artist: what she left us, in powerful and dramatic canvases, is a portrait of her life, what she lived, felt and saw.

Kahlo's paintings look simple. She was not a... read the rest.

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