Frida (2002)


Salma Hayek             Frida Kahlo
Alfred Molina           Diego Rivera
Geoffrey Rush           Leon Trotsky
Ashley Judd             Tina Modotti
Antonio Banderas        David Alfaro Siqueiros
Edward Norton           Nelson Rockefeller
Valeria Golino          Lupe Marin
Mía Maestro (II)        Cristina Kahlo
Roger Rees              Guillermo Kahlo
Diego Luna              Alejandro Alex
Patricia Reyes           Spindola (II)  Matilde Kahlo
Margarita Sanz          Natalia Trotsky
Saffron Burrows         Gracie
Amelia Zapata           Maid
Lolo Navarro            Nanny
Fermin Martinez         Painter on Bus
Roberto Medina          Dr. Farril
Lila Downs              Tango Singer

Directed by:            Julie Taymor
Produced by:            Margaret Rose Perenchio, Brian Gibson (II), Mark Amin


The life of artist Frida Kahlo--from her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor 
and husband, Diego Rivera, to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her 
provocative romantic entanglements with women, Frida lived a bold and uncompromising life as 
a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.

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"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as 
the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with 
her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her 
provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising 
life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.