Event: European Cinema Night 2022: Frida. Viva La Vida
Date: 7 December 2022
Time: 19:30 - 21:00
Venue: Spazju Kreattiv Cinema, St James Cavalier, Valletta
FRIDA. VIVA LA VIDA, the documentary-film directed by Giovanni Troilo, produced by Ballandi Arts and Nexo Digital, presents the six chapters of a journey in search of Frida, into the heart of Mexico, amid cactuses, monkeys, deer and parrots, alternating exclusive interviews, with period documents, evocative reconstructions and works by Kahlo herself, including the most famous self-portraits (from the one with Diego Rivera in 1931 to The Two Fridas in 1939, from The Broken Column of 1944 to The Wounded Deer of 1946).
For the very first time, the documentary will show photographs, clothes and other personal items belonging to Frida, kept in the archives of the Frida Kahlo Museum and normally not accessible to the public, as well as original prints of photographs taken by Graciela Iturbide during the opening of Frida’s bathroom in 2004.
Dr Petroni is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Art and Art History.
