"Frida. Viva la Vida" documentary featured at the 2019 NZ Film Festival
26 February 2020
The first film for this year featured at the 2019 NZ Film Festival is based on the life and work of Frida Kahlo.
The docu-film directed by Giovanni Troilo proposes a journey in six chapters in search of Frida, in the heart of Mexico, among cactus, monkeys, deers and parrots, alternating exclusive interviews, period documents, evocative reconstructions and works by Kahlo herself, including the most famous self-portraits (from the one with Diego Rivera of 1931 to the Two Fridas of 1939, from The broken column of 1944 to the Wounded Deer of 1946).
Troilo looks at the two facets of Frida's life; on the one hand suffering and death giving rise to independence and strength, on the other a sensitivity and artistry that expressed a lust for life and change.
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