Frida, Naturaleza Viva
– This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her tim..
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.
17 Feb 1988
Spanish, Russian, French, German
Paul Leduc
José Joaquín Blanco, Paul Leduc
Ofelia Medina, Juan José Gurrola, Max Kerlow, Claudio Brook
The most prominent female painter of Latin America, Frida Kahlo, is agonizing in her Coyoacán home. She evokes memories of her childhood, of the streetcar accident that caused her terrible pain and affliction, her friendship with Trotsky and painter Alfaro Siqueiros, her marriage to Diego Rivera, her miscarriage, her political commitment, her love affairs and the anticipated exhibition of her works.
17 wins & 2 nominations.
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