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Synopsis:
This
film
tells
the
true
story
of
Mexican
painter
and
20th
century
icon
Frida
Kahlo
(Hayek),
focusing
on
her
often
rocky
relationship
with
husband
Diego
Rivera
(Molina),
and
their
place
in
Mexican
society.
Included
in
the
mix
will
be
David
Siqueiros
(Banderas),
Rivera's
rival
in
the
Mexican
art
world,
Tina
Modotti
(Judd),
a
famed
Italian
photographer,
and
Nelson
Rockefeller
(Norton),
who
famously
contracted
Rivera
to
paint
the
lobby
mural
of
Rockefeller
Center,
only
to
renege
because
it
included
a
portrait
of
Lenin.
Others
in
their
social
circle
included
Russian
leader
and
refugee
Leon
Trotsky
(Rush)
(soon
before
Stalin
had
him
assassinated
there),
muralist
Jean
Charlot,
painter
Pablo
O'Higgins,
composer
Silvestre
Revueltas,
and
photographer
Edward
Weston.
In
addition
to
being
a
great
artist,
Frida
Kahlo
was
also
a
bisexual
and
a
communist,
struggling
with
an
abusive
husband,
a
life
of
wracking
pain
following
a
trolley
accident,
the
amputation
of
a
leg,
and
finally,
drug
and
alcohol
abuse
that
killed
her
at
age
47.
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