Frida (2002 film)

Frida
Promotional poster
Directed byJulie Taymor
Screenplay by
Based onFrida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo
by Hayden Herrera
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRodrigo Prieto
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byElliot Goldenthal
Production
companies
Distributed byMiramax Films
Release dates
  • August 29, 2002 (2002-08-29) (Venice)
  • October 25, 2002 (2002-10-25) (United States)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryUnited States[1]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million[2]
Box office$56.3 million[3]

Frida is a 2002 American biographical drama 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.

  1. ^ "Frida". British Film Institute. London. Archived from the original on January 14, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2012.
  2. ^ "Frida controversy brews with Mexican critics". Screen Daily. March 27, 2002. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. ^ "Frida". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved November 11, 2012.

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