Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) marries fellow artist Diego Rivera who shares her radical... (Learn more)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush (View All)
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Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush
After being attached to a number of actors, directors, and producers, this long-gestating biography of one of Mexico's most prominent, iconoclastic painters reaches the screen under the guiding hand of producer/star Salma Hayek. Hayek ages some 30 years onscreen as she charts Frida Kahlo's life from feisty schoolgirl to Diego Rivera protégée to world-renowned artist in her own right. Frida details Kahlo's affluent upbringing in Mexico City, and her nurturing relationship with her traditional mother (Patricia Reyes Spindola) and philosophical father (Roger Rees). Having already suffered the crippling effects of polio, Kahlo sustains further injuries when a city bus accident nearly ends her life. But in her bed-ridden state, the young artist produces dozens upon dozens of pieces; when she recovers, she presents them to the legendary -- and legendarily temperamental -- Rivera (Alfred Molina), who takes her under his wing as an artist, a political revolutionary, and, inevitably, a lover. But their relationship is fraught with trouble, as the philandering Rivera traverses the globe painting murals, and Kahlo languishes in obscurity, longing to make her mark on her own. Frida was directed by Julie Taymor, whose Broadway production of The Lion King won her international acclaim. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
10/25/02
MPAA Rating
Rated R for sexuality/nudity and language.
Running Time
123 mins.
Locations
- Mexico City, Mexico
- New York City, New York, USA
- Paris, France
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$25,776,062
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2002 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2002 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Song award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Top Ten Movie of the Year award at the 2002 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Makeup award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2002 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2002 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 2002 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2003 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Score award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2002 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Miramax
- Miramax Films
- Miramax Home Entertainment
