• Director: Julie Taymor
  • Release Year: 2002
  • Production Country: United States, Canada, Mexico
  • Language: English, French, Russian
  • Run Time: 123 minutes

Frida

Description

Painting was only meant keep her busy during her recovery from an accident, but, like the pain from her injuries, art and its creation became an integral part of Frida Kahlo's life. Kahlo was passionate and gifted woman with bold, uncompromising art and a tempestuous life.

Themes

Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954), Art, Women's history, Communism, Diego Rivera (1886 – 1957), Surrealism, Disabilities, Sexuality, Homosexuality, Gender roles, Leon Trotsky (1879 – 1940)