Frida (2002)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Julie Taymor

Writers (WGA):

Hayden Herrera (book)
Clancy Sigal (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 November 2002 (Mexico)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Prepare to be seduced

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Revolutionary | Marriage | Artist | Leon Trotsky | Pain

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 28 nominations

Cast

Salma Hayek	...	Frida Kahlo
Mía Maestro	...	Cristina Kahlo (as Mia Maestro)
Amelia Zapata	...	Maid
Alejandro Usigli	...	Professor
Diego Luna	...	Alejandro 'Alex'
Alfred Molina	...	Diego Rivera
Lucia Bravo	...	Auditorium Model
Valeria Golino	...	Lupe Marín
Patricia Reyes Spíndola	...	Matilde Kahlo (as Patricia Reyes Spindola)
Loló Navarro	...	Nanny (as Lolo Navarro)
Roger Rees	...	Guillermo Kahlo
Fermín Martínez	...	Painter on Bus (as Fermin Martinez)
Roberto Medina	...	Dr. Farril
Ashley Judd	...	Tina Modotti
Antonio Banderas	...	David Alfaro Siqueiros

Also Known As:

Frida Kahlo (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Mexico

Language:

English | French | Russian

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Iceland:12 | Hungary:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Chile:14 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 (bw) | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:MG6 | New Zealand:R13 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-18 | Singapore:R(A) | South Korea:18 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #39203)

Filming Locations:

Barrio del Alto, Puebla, Mexico

Company:

Handprint Entertainment

Trivia:

Opening film of the 2002 Venice Film Festival.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening sequence, Frida is lying in her bed, which has been loaded onto a truck which is driving through Mexico City. She is staring directly upward at the mirror mounted on the underside of the canopy over her bed. In a close-up of her face, we can see her earrings dangling. But they are not dangling toward the ground, but rather toward her feet, indicating that she was upright for the closeup, not lying in bed.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Frida Kahlo: Careful, guys. This corpse is still breathing. Try to get me there in one piece.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Vecinos: ¿Y dónde esta el basurero? (#1.9)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Viva La Vida

An inspiring story

Ahm.. I just watched this, it was from 2002 but I had no interest what so ever in the movie or the story when it came out, I knew about it I read in papers but never did actually saw it. Well, tonight was the night. And know this.. I will see it again.. and again until I understand that woman.. Frida Kahlo.

This is the kind of story that goes straight to your heart, straight to your brain and you sit there wondering " How could this really be true.. how could this really happen to a person?" I think that Frida was one brave woman, hell of an artist.. and I wish for myself to be like her if something so horrible happens to me. She was strong, she was a prey to conflicting emotions but she survived. The movie deserves a 10!

My neck hurts from sitting in that uncomfortable chair we have in the dining room but I couldn't feel any pain while watching "Frida". Why?! Simply, because I thought.. "wow.. how was that woman capable of staying alive for so long? How did she bear all that pain?"

This is a "have to see or regret for life".