Heard on The StreetMarch 12, 2021
A Documentary Film on Frida Kahlo
On the commemoration of International Women’s Day, National Geographic premiered the documentary on Frida Kahlo on March 8.
“Frida, viva la vida” is a documentary film directed by Giovanni Troilo and produced by Ballandi Arts and Nexo Digital. The documentary starring Asia Argento is a journey through the life and work of Frida Kahlo with exclusive interviews, documents of the time, reconstructions, and her works, including self-portraits: Diego Rivera (1931), Las dos Fridas (1939), The Broken Column (1944) and The Wounded Deer (1946). Asia Argento accompanies the spectators as they discover the painter’s two faces, following a common denominator that is Frida’s own words: her letters, diaries, and confessions.
The documentary shows letters, diaries, photographs, and personal objects – kept in the Museo Frida Kahlo that are not generally on display; they are part of this audiovisual that covers both faces of the painter and reveals: “How her art has roots in the traditional painting of the 19th century, in Mexican altarpieces and their companions of life, from Diego Rivera to Trotsky. Through pre-Columbian iconography, Frida also explores the true meaning of opposites: pain and pleasure, darkness and light, the moon and the sun, life in death and death in life.” It also features original prints of the photographs taken by Graciela Iturbide during the opening of Kahlo’s bathroom in 2004.
It presents contributions from specialists and artists such as Hilda Trujillo (former director of the Museo Frida Kahlo Museum and the Museo Anahuacalli); the photographers Cristina Kahlo (Frida’s great-niece) and Graciela Iturbide; Carlos Phillips (General Director of the Museo Frida Kahlo, the Museo Anahuacalli and the Museo Dolores Olmedo) and the dancer Laura Vargas.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/G_9ixJwlxTA
“Frida, viva la vida” is a documentary film directed by Giovanni Troilo and produced by Ballandi Arts and Nexo Digital. The documentary starring Asia Argento is a journey through the life and work of Frida Kahlo with exclusive interviews, documents of the time, reconstructions, and her works, including self-portraits: Diego Rivera (1931), Las dos Fridas (1939), The Broken Column (1944) and The Wounded Deer (1946). Asia Argento accompanies the spectators as they discover the painter’s two faces, following a common denominator that is Frida’s own words: her letters, diaries, and confessions.
The documentary shows letters, diaries, photographs, and personal objects – kept in the Museo Frida Kahlo that are not generally on display; they are part of this audiovisual that covers both faces of the painter and reveals: “How her art has roots in the traditional painting of the 19th century, in Mexican altarpieces and their companions of life, from Diego Rivera to Trotsky. Through pre-Columbian iconography, Frida also explores the true meaning of opposites: pain and pleasure, darkness and light, the moon and the sun, life in death and death in life.” It also features original prints of the photographs taken by Graciela Iturbide during the opening of Kahlo’s bathroom in 2004.
It presents contributions from specialists and artists such as Hilda Trujillo (former director of the Museo Frida Kahlo Museum and the Museo Anahuacalli); the photographers Cristina Kahlo (Frida’s great-niece) and Graciela Iturbide; Carlos Phillips (General Director of the Museo Frida Kahlo, the Museo Anahuacalli and the Museo Dolores Olmedo) and the dancer Laura Vargas.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/G_9ixJwlxTA
