Overview
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and controversial aspects of Mexican history, during the dominant time of Mexican muralism.
Director and cast
- Paul Leduc Director
- Ofelia Medina as Frida Kahlo
- Juan José Gurrola as Diego Rivera
- Max Kerlow as Leon Trotsky
- Claudio Brook as Guillermo Kahlo
- Salvador Sánchez as David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Cecilia Toussaint as Frida's Sister
- Ziwta Kerlow as Trotsky's Wife
- Valentina Leduc Navarro as Young Frida
- Lolita Cortés as Sister of Young Frida
- Gina Morett as Nurse
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