Line #13 Film/Frida


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3	''Frida'' (2002) is a biographical film which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican {{painter\|s}} Creator/FridaKahlo, portrayed by Creator/SalmaHayek (which earned her an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nomination). Creator/AlfredMolina stars as her husband Diego Rivera and Creator/GeoffreyRush played UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky.
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5	The movie was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas and Creator/EdwardNorton (uncredited) from the book ''Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo'' by Hayden Herrera. It was directed by Creator/JulieTaymor. It won Oscars for Best Makeup and Best Original Music Score (recipient: Elliot Goldenthal).
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7	!! This film provides examples of:
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9	* AdaptationalAttractiveness:
10	** A slight case. Kahlo wasn't ugly, but she certainly didn't look like Salma Hayek either. Yay! With a unibrow. Wha? And a thin but prominent ''mustache''.
11	** You may hear many jokes about Alfred Molina being too handsome to portray Diego Rivera. Half of those are being serious.
12	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This could be one of Diego's main attractions.
13	* AmicableExes: Diego's is amiable enough with his second wife Lupe to give her a place to stay as she searches for a job. Just as they were friends in real life, Lupe and Frida become a literal case of Amiable Exes of Diego, getting along and confiding in each other, during Frida's estrangement from Diego.
14	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther:
15	** Frida and Diego.
16	** Frida has a bit of an uneasy relationship with her mother but they care deeply for each other.
17	** Frida's father states he regrets marrying her mother at times but is devastated when she falls terminally ill.
18	* BigOlUnibrow: Frida made a point of emphasizing her unibrow in all her self-portraits. This was mainly due to Kahlo's horrible self-esteem. In photographs, Kahlo's actually not bad looking, even with the unibrow. But in her self-portraits, Kahlo was notorious for putting emphasis on her uglier features, with her unibrow, mustache, and beauty mark getting special attention.
19	* BittersweetEnding: Throughout her life, Frida has dealt with physical disabilities, her husband constantly cheating on her, political drama, and constant self-loathing. On the other hand, she is remembered in Mexico for her work in painting, the aforementioned husband stays with her near the end of her life, and she still has her sister's family to fall back on.
20	* ContrivedCoincidence: When Frida and Diego share their first kiss, the street lights suddenly lit up. She asks if he arranged for that. He jokingly responds that it costed him a fortune.
21	* TheCameo: Creator/AshleyJudd, Creator/AntonioBanderas, Creator/GeoffreyRush, Creator/EdwardNorton, etc. They are all [[OneSceneWonder one or two scene wonders]].
22	** Not to mention the legendary [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavela_Vargas Chavela Vargas]] (who may or may not have had an affair with the real Frida Kahlo in her youth), singing one of her most famous songs, "La Llorona."
23	* DaddysGirl: Frida had a loving relationship with her father, Guillermo.
24	* DeadpanSnarker:
25	** Frida's very first line, as she's [[ItMakesSenseInContext being carried in her bed to her gallery show]].
26	--> "Careful, guys. This corpse is still breathing. Try to get me there in one piece. "
27	** Diego has his moments as well, such as when he tells Frida that he has no emotional connection to the models he sleeps with.
28	--> "It was just a fuck. I've given more affection in a handshake."
29	* DirtyCommunist: Averted. The main characters are socialists, as are many of the supporting characters. They're decent people for the most part.
30	* DisneyAcidSequence: Frida's stop-motion "Day Of The Dead"-inspired dream, animated by The Quay Brothers, after she blacks out on her way to the hospital following the bus crash.
31	* ExactWords: Frida's doctor insists she stays in bed. So for her first exhibition, she has the bed loaded onto a truck so she can attend.
32	** Frida doesn't expect Diego to be ''faithful'', but she does expect him to be ''loyal''. She has no problem with his affairs for the most part, but sleeping with her sister definitely crosses a line.
33	* GoodParents: Guillermo loves Frida dearly.
34	* HandicappedBadass: Frida, post-accident.
35	* {{Hypocrite}}: Diego doesn't mind Frida sleeping with other women, but flips out upon learning of her affair with Trotsky, even though they've been long separated due to ''his'' frequent infidelities.
36	* ImagineSpot: Many scenes are recreations of Frida's {{paintings}}.
37	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The handrail that impaled Kalho in a trolley accident.
38	* KavorkaMan: Diego is a middle age fat man with a temper, yet he was an intense womanizer. This is apparently TruthInTelevision.
39	--> "You'd never believe it, but he's had half the women in this room."
40	* LawOfInverseFertility: Frida gets a glimpse of Lupe's children and its implied she envies Lupe for this reason. However, the life-long injuries from the bus crash causes a miscarriage.
41	* LoopholeAbuse: Frida is too sick near the end of the film to attend her exhibition, and despite her protests, her doctor orders her to stay in bed so her bronchitis doesn't worsen. What does she do? She has people bring her bed ''to'' the exhibition. Her doctor accepts this with a smile.
42	* MayDecemberRomance:
43	** Frida and Trotsky.
44	** Frida and Diego to a lesser extent.
45	* MononymousBiopicTitle: A first name variation.
46	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Frida, when she realizes she took part in ruining Leon's marriage. Likewise, Leon too.
47	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Frida is at first reluctant but eventually complacent with the fact that Diego sleeps with many other women even after she and him married. But when one of those other women is one of Frida's sisters, it's the last straw and begins the end of her marriage to Diego.
48	* {{Naytheist}}: Inverted with Diego's line: "I don't believe in God but I thank him every day for giving me you."
49	* ProtagonistTitle
50	* PlasterCastDoodling: Frida experiences a near-death accident that leaves her immobilized for a month with several surgeries and full-body casts. She draws colorful butterflies on her body cast during her hospitalization period to pass the time.
51	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Frida gives Diego one when he's angry over her affair with Trotsky.
52	* SexyDiscretionShot: Diego's womanizing in New York is conveyed by seeing him leave his and Frida's hotel with various women--at one point, he even leaves with ''[[AThreesomeIsHot two]]''. At the end of his montage, it's ''Frida'' we see leaving the hotel with a woman, and for added benefit, she's one of those we saw with Diego earlier.
53	-->'''Gracie:''' I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but you were better than your husband.
54	* StepfordSnarker: Frida had always enjoyed snarking before the bus accident and its implied snarking humorously helped her cope with the pain in its aftermath.
55	* UglyGuyHotWife: Diego (despite his slight AdaptationalAttractiveness upgrade) and Frida. . .and the numerous other gorgeous women he's able to hook up with throughout the course of the movie.

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