Frida Still Life

Frida Still Life

1986 · 108 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, History

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.

Directed by Paul Leduc · Written by José Joaquín Blanco

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