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FRIDA STILL LIFE

From her deathbed...

...Frida Kahlo (1907-1954)...

...reconstructs, according to the true palpitations...

...of memory, that is to say, in an incongruous...

...and fragmented manner...

...simply through images...

...her life and her art which was decisive...

...in the era of the great Mexican muralists.

She remembers her heartbreaking agony...

...polio, broken bones, miscarriages, operations...

...the amputation of her leg.

She also looks back on her days in politics...

...during which she defended the ideals of Marx...

...Zapata and the Mexican Revolution...

...and fought against Stalin's.

In the same way, she reminisces about her...

...Iove affairs and her relationships...

...with her father, her sister, her husband, the muralist...

...Diego Rivera, with Leon Trotsky and other renowned...

...men and women.

She relives that acclaimed show where her art...

...was finally recognized and appreciated.

Then, suddenly death interrupts the chaotic...

...flow of images and memories.

Today, Frida Kahlo...

...is the most celebrated female painter...

...in Hispanic America.

BELLAS ARTES P ALACE

Oh my Lord!

My strong Lord!

My immortal Lord!

You comes...

...my Lord!

- Please, hurry! - Don Jos�!

Don Jos�!

Come see the crash!

Look at her, it's terrible!

Open the door! Please get the door!

Be careful with her. Careful.

Oh my God! My Goodness!

- Open that door! - Open the door, please!

It was terrible!

- Poor thing. - You give way, please!

How awful!

Lord, have mercy on her! Oh, my Goodness!

Lord' s Prayer"

Look over here.

You have...

...a dog' s...

...face"

THE LAND lS OURS, AS THE AlR, THE WATER...

THE LlGHT AND THE SUN

...with your eyelashes.

I have whiskers because of your love.

- ...because of your love. - Two of them.

How can you live...

...only.

Only.

Poppy...

...beautiful poppy.

You look very nice from here...

...Iooking at yourself in the mirror. Come in here.

Come"

I' m amorous.

Peasant, I feel wounded by the grief...

...I'm carrying in my chest...

...while I look away.

The fallen...

...victims of agrarianism...

...communism...

...and humanity.

Long live Emiliano Zapata...

...who rebelled in the South...

...and who was the first to lose his life...

...so we could get our land.

The law of the poor is the best.

All we ask for is justice...

...everything we want is reasonable.

Don't get all bent out of shape, rich people.

No harm will come to you.

If you want to live like real men...

...you have to go to work.

Because the people have begun to curse their prison.

And they will fight for their rights.

A new law will prevail.

We don't want any more treason...

...or laws that will trick us.

Long live the working class.

Long live the proletariat.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

THE LEAGUE OF REVOLUTlONARY

WRlTERS AND ARTlSTS WELCOMES YOU

Excuse me.

We' ll continue with your treatments.

This won't hurt at all.

We' re going to make that leg...

...well, like the other one.

Don't worry. This won't hurt...

...and it' ll make you feel better.

That's it.

Good. You' re a very good girl.

You have a cough, huh?

Let's cover you up now, so you can visit with your daddy.

Excuse me.

Traitor"

Little rascal" The gods will punish you"

- No" Stop" No more" - No more, no more"

No more, no more"

Come here"

You' ll see..."

I' ll teach you..."

No"

LONG LlVE SANDlNO"

With my sister too?

AVENUE OF DECElT

THEY HAVE NO SHAME"

Frida.

"Fridita".

Forgive me.

I'm a bastard.

I wanted to buy myself a doll...

...so I went to a bazaar.

A good looking fellow helped me out.

He asked me what I wanted to buy.

I looked at him and said I wanted...

...any doll I could play with.

" Would I do, ma'am?" He said.

The things one hears!

He was looking at me...

...and he was smiling.

He caressed me with his eyes.

And his silent lips...

...seemed to say;.

" Why do you seem so surprised...

...by my question?

You must have noticed before...

...that in the hands of a woman...

...all men turn...

...into dolls?

"The army dressed in black...

..crossed the river at night. Oh, Carmela!"

"Oh, Cristina!"

The artillery fire was raining on us.

We ran and tried to take cover.

It was heavy artillery.

It advanced, mowing down like a giant blade...

...the infantry troops.

There was no way for us to protect ourselves.

Even those of us who escaped...

...had to bite on sticks, and pieces of metal...

...because it felt like our eardrums would explode.

Our forces suffered great losses in that battle.

Most of the survivors were seriously wounded...

...and in the improvised hospital we had built.

There they were...

...wounded, mutilated, and in terrible pain...

...and yet, even the Spanish soldiers...

...managed to smile at their Mexican commander.

Mexico, after the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...

...was the country from which the Spanish...

...Republicans had received the most support.

Then...

...one of the bravest Mexican soldiers...

...asked me:

" How it was possible that the Mexico of Zapata...

...and Cardenas...

...was all of a sudden turning its back on the working class...

...and serving as a hiding place to the Union of Soviet Socialist...

...Republics' number one enemy."

Trotsky is also a revolutionary.

He was Lenin's right hand man and one of the founders...

...of the Red Army.

He's the head of the socialists and the anarchists"

He wants to divide the international proletariat.

No, Siqueiros.

Stalin is the one who wants that.

Stalin banished Trotsky from the Soviet Union.

Stalin persecutes Trotsky's followers.

Squabbles between political leaders cost lives.

They divide and weaken the proletariat.

You saw what happened in Mexico.

With all their fighting, they screwed up the revolution.

Trotsky is the great traitor and must be eliminated.

That's what that dying soldier told me.

How could I continue to fight in Spain...

...when my own country was part of the conspiracy...

...against the Soviet Union...?

- The only one... - Bullshit, pal" You know that...

You are the ones who convinced Cardenas...

...the ones who brought the enemy to Mexico and...

Stop spreading lies about Trotsky. I forbid it.

I told him that the Soviet Revolution...

...is a copy of the Mexican Revolution.

Why didn't you and Stalin just go and get whores?

One 50 thousand peso job is all you needed.

- Moron" - Don't call him that.

"My dear Frida, you diligent, extraordinary...

...and beautiful child.

How are you? Everything all right?

Do you remember this old man who loves you?

Intelligent child, who keeps worrying...

...about those around her...

...who has a notorious sense of justice...

...and a lack of artistic commitment. "

"l write some thoughts about the connection...

...between art and the revolution...

"They aren't the only forms of evolutionary culture. "

"My future works...

...will express a need for what you could describe as...

...the idea of the psychological complexity of man...

...the forceful expression of passion in one instant. "

"l would like to talk with you about that too. "

"As you know, I don't like to keep silent. "

"l have to say what's on my mind. "

"l have shared many aspects of life...

...with you, unfortunately...

...never a romantic relationship. "

"I've always been faithful to my wife and my work. "

"I've never been bothered with affairs motivated by desire. "

"But now...

...here I am...

...feeling proud of the force of my heart...

...Iike old Tolstoi, who became inflamed by desire. "

"He too, used to take long walks through a forest...

...which was very different from...

...this one, yet resembles it at the same time...

...my sweet Frida. "

"l don't know whether this letter will be spoiled by such...

...a confession...

...but I think we need each other. "

"lsn't it true?"

"Haven't we confessed our mutual love...

...surreptitiously during the course of last week"?

"It's time to say it out loud...

...to admit it...

...to act on it. "

"l expect you to tell me your decision when I come to Mexico. "

"l will accept it with love...

...even if it displeases me. "

We come...

...to the only possible conclusion...

...the only logical conclusion.

The General Secretary of the Communist Party in Mexico...

...comrade Diego Rivera...

...declares...

...that our...

...militant comrade Diego Rivera...

...is out of the party.

Agreed?

Shut up, you moron"

Go to Germany, so they they can shoot you" ldiot"

Selling on the green grass, "lorolo"...

...I have dreamed, "lorolo"...

...about my childhood.

I had a "jipijapa"...

...with many "jipijapitos".

I tried to take a "jipijapito"...

...and the "jipijapa" bit me.

The daughter of the whore, "larala"...

...got all fucked up when she tripped up.

Join in.

Son of the fucker...

...son of the whore, sons of bitches, motherfuckers.

There was a cat...

...with a long tail...

...and crossed eyes.

Do you want me to tell it again?

Yes!

There was a cat...

...with a feline stare...

...and " crossed ideas".

Do you want me to tell it again?

Yes!

There was a toad...

...with her belly full...

...in her sixth month.

Do you want me to tell it again?

Yes!

For your black eyes full of love...

For your red mouth that is a flower...

For your body, gentle as a palm tree...

...my heart is dying.

If you could only love me...

...I would give you my entire life.

If I could kiss those red lips...

- ...I would die of love. - I would die of love.

- Enchanting damsel... - Enchanting damsel...

- ...for you I'm dying. - ...for you I'm dying.

If you look at me, if you kiss me...

Damsel, you will be my love.

Damsel, you will be my love.

If you look at me, if you kiss me...

Damsel, you will be my love.

When all her suitors...

...make passionate gestures of love...

...with the attitude of a princess...

...she destroys their hearts.

If I were to caress you...

...all of your passion I could ignite.

If I could kiss your red lips...

...I would die of love.

Enchanting damsel...

...for you I'm dying.

If you look at me, if you kiss me...

Damsel, you will be my love.

Damsel...

...you will be...

...my love.

LAND AND LlBERTY

- Eleuterio L�pez. - Go with God.

- Domingo S�nchez. - Go with God.

- Jes�s Aguirre. - Go with God.

- Juan Z�rrago. - Go with God.

- Anastasio Ch�vez. - Go with God.

- Andr�s Lugo. - Go with God.

- Santiago Barajas. - Go with God.

- lnocencio Garc�a. - Go with God.

- Pedro lba�ez. - Go with God.

- Javier Hinojosa. - Go with God.

- Severino Estrada. - Go with God.

- Rosendo Mart�nez. - Go with God.

Frida!

I'm a poor deer that lives in the mountains.

I'm a poor deer that lives in the mountains.

Because I'm not very docile...

...I don't go out in the daylight.

Only at night...

...and into your arms, my love.

I would like to be a pearl on your fine earrings.

I would like to be a pearl on your fine earrings.

To nibble on your ear...

...and kiss your cheek.

It's your fault for being so beautiful...

...even I lose my composure.

I asked the girl if she would wash my clothes.

I asked the girl if she would wash my clothes.

And she told me...

... "I'll even wash you, if you want... "

"Just come early, or you may catch cold".

Now what?

Now what?

Go to battle...

...proletarian.

To the final combat.

The people bravely rise.

Long live the lnternational Revolution!

Only once...

...have I loved in my life.

Only once...

...never again.

Only once in my orchard...

...I felt the hope shining through.

The hope that lights up the path...

...of my loneliness.

Only once...

...does one give one's soul.

With...

How is it?

- The sauce. - Needs salt.

...total surrender.

When you're by my side...

...the miracle...

...of love... realizes itself.

And bells...

...and party...

What are you lookin' at?

Smoke another cigarette, smoke another cigarette...

Please smoke another cigarette.

Please smoke another cigarette.

Smoke another one... ...and that's it.

That's it.

Be brave!

It won't hurt anymore, really.

Where... where are you taking me? No.

No"

No, don't take me, sister. It doesn't hurt anymore, really.

Why are you...? No"

My leg"

My leg"

No" What are you doing?

No, please, don't" No"

I don't want you to, I don't"

No" What are you going to do to me?

No, please don't" I don't want this"

I' like to be able to do...

...whatever I please.

Shot?

Give me a shot.

I'm a poor deer that lives in the mountains.

Poor deer that lives in the mountains.

Because I am... I'm not...

...very docile...

...I don't go out in the daylight...

...only at night...

...and into your arms, my love.

I'm a poor deer that lives in the mountains...

With friendship and love...

...straight from the heart...

...it's my pleasure to invite you...

...to this, my humble art show.

I painted these works with my own two hands...

...and now they hang on these walls, hoping...

...to be liked by my brothers and sisters.

My dear comrade...

...feeling true friendship...

...we thank you from Frida Kahlo of Rivera

LONG LlVE THE LlFE

Liberty! Liberty! Liberty! Liberty!

Frida!