| Frida | |
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| 6 Nominations / 2 Wins | |
| Year | 2002 |
| Director | Julie Taymor |
| Writer | Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas |
| Starring | Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush |
| 75th Academy Awards | |
Frida is a 2002 Miramax/Ventanarosa biopic which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican painter Frida Kahlo. It stars Salma Hayek in her Academy Award nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera. The supporting cast includes Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Ashley Judd, Saffron Burrows and Diego Luna. The movie was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas from the book "Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo" by Hayden Herrera. It was directed by Julie Taymor.
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Nominations
- Best Actress — Salma Hayek
- Best Art Direction — Felipe Fernandez del Paso, Hania Robledo
- Best Costume Design — Julie Weiss
- Best Makeup — John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba
- Best Original Score — Elliot Goldenthal
- Best Original Song — "Burn it Blue" by Elliot Goldenthal, Julie Taymor
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The film chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative and romantic entanglements with women, Frida Kahlo lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, and sexual revolutionary.
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