Frida is a 2002 film which depicts the life of the artist Frida Kahlo. Salma Hayek stars in the title role. It portrays the tortured personal life of the Mexico artist.

Frida includes the childhood trolley accident in which Frida suffers severe injury. Her initial stages of recovery at the hospital are depicted through a nighmarish stop motion animation sequence created by the Brothers Quay. Frida also details the artist's on-again-off-again relationship with Diego Rivera. The relationship between her suffering and her art is explored.

Tagline: Prepare to be seduced

Cast

• Alejandro Usigli - Professor
• Alfred Molina - Diego Rivera
• Amelia Zapata - Maid
• Ashley Judd - Tina Modotti
• Diego Luna - Alejandro Gonzalez Arias
• Fermín Martínez - Painter on Bus
• Geoffrey Rush - Leon Trotsky
• Loló Navarro - Nanny
• Lucia Bravo - Auditorium Model
• Margarita Sanz - Natalia Trotsky
• Mía Maestro - Cristina Kahlo
• Patricia Reyes Spíndola - Matilde Kahlo
• Roger Rees - Guillermo Kahlo
• Salma Hayek - Frida Kahlo
• Valeria Golino - Lupe Marín

External links

• Official site http://www.miramax.com/frida/
• Frida http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120679/ at the Internet Movie Database