Frida kahlo biography movie

2002 film directed by Julie Taymor

For the 1947 film, see Frieda (film).

Frida is a 2002 American biographicaldrama film directed by Julie Taymor which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera, the film was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Antonio Banderas and unofficially by Edward Norton from the 1983 book Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera.

Frida received generally positive reviews from critics, and won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score among six nominations.

Plot

Throughout the film, various scenes start as a shot of one of Kahlo's real-life paintings before slowly dissolving into a live action scene with actors.

In 1925, Frida Kahlo suffers a traumatic accident at the age of 18 on board a wooden-bodied bus