Directed by:
Julie TaymorCinematography:
Rodrigo PrietoComposer:
Elliot GoldenthalCast:
Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Mía Maestro, Roger Rees, Diego Luna, Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Margarita Sanz, Geoffrey Rush, Amelia Zapata (more)VOD (3)
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Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's Frida a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage years to her death at the young age of 47. From start to finish, Frida is portrayed as a relentlessly energized, self-righteous, headstrong, assertive woman. She had liberal views and a socialist political stance. She was bisexual and promiscuous. She drank and abused painkillers, sang and danced, and fearlessly poured her pain and beauty into her paintings. At the age of 18, Frida was horribly injured in a bus accident. Though she learned to walk again, she lived her life in physical agony, enduring multiple surgeries, and eventually needing a wheelchair. Yet her condition did not stop her from having an exciting, tumultuous life as the wife of famed artist and womaniser Diego Rivera, who mentored her in her own work and encouraged her passions. While Frida's life is the main focus, her work is always present and the action of the film often fades into paintings and vice versa. However, the film only hints at the recognition and worldwide display that her painting received after her death. Taymor has created a lively and dramatically emotive film with Frida, capturing her endearing resiliency with colour, music and, of course, art. (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Salma Hayek
Mexico
Best movies:
Live 8 (2005) (concert)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Traffic (2000)
Alfred Molina
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dead Man (1995)
Magnolia (1999)
Valeria Golino
Italy
Best movies:
Rain Man (1988)
Hot Shots! 2 (1993)
Hot Shots! (1991)
Mía Maestro
Argentina
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Tango (1998)
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Roger Rees
UK
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
A Performance of Macbeth (1979) (TV movie)
Frida (2002)
Diego Luna
Mexico
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
The Terminal (2004)
Patricia Reyes Spíndola
Mexico
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Letters from Marusia (1976)
Before Night Falls (2000)
Margarita Sanz
Mexico
Best movies:
El imperio de la fortuna (1986)
Frida (2002)
Midaq Alley (1995)
Geoffrey Rush
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The King's Speech (2010)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
Amelia Zapata
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
La otra conquista (1998)
Old Gringo (1989)
Fermín Martínez
Best movies:
The Violin (2005)
Frida (2002)
The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Roberto Medina
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Ashley Judd
USA
Antonio Banderas
Spain
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Shrek 2 (2004)
Lila Downs
Mexico
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Xico's Journey (2020)
Martha Claudia Moreno
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Walking Distance (2015)
Four Moons (2014)
Maria Ines Pintado
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Aida López
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Burn the Bridges (2007)
Mezcal (2006)
Ivana Sejenovich
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
Ehécatl Chávez
Mexico
Best movies:
Frida (2002)
King of Texas (2002) (TV movie)
Collateral Damage (2002)