3 Nov 2004
Director: Julie Taymor
USA, Canada, Mexico
2002
123 min
Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera were the most acclaimed artists in Mexican history. Their outrageous personas and tempestuous love affair made them 20th Century icons. Julie Taymor’s biopic took years of devotion to develop it for the screen. It mixes colour with the extravagant lifestyle of Frida, from her complex and enduring relationship with her husband and mentor, to her illicit affair with Leon Trotsky. The extraordinary life of this political, artistic and sexual revolutionary was shot entirely in Mexico. The film won two Oscars™ in 2002.