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In my life, I've only painted
the honest expression of myself.
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To say what I couldn't in any other way.
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I paint because I need to.
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Who would've thought
that stains of color can come to life
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and help one live?
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Mexico was my entire universe.
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I was happy.
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I ran through every corner of my yard
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and I'd shout and laugh from under a tree.
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My mom was obsessively religious.
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She invited priests to hold Mass at my house
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and her friends would come to pray the rosary.
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While everyone was praying
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I tried not to laugh.
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I remember asking about the
Mysteries of the Bible.
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They'd always say,
"To dedicate oneself more to God."
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But I kept bothering the priest
with questions.
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How was Christ born?
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Was the Virgin Mary really a virgin?
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They threw me out
for spoiling it for the other kids.
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My father was a photographer.
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I was fascinated with his studio.
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Papa was an atheist
and the only one in the house who read
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books about science, geography, and history.
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I went everywhere with my father.
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He would paint small landscapes by the river
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with watercolors and oil paints.
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Papa kept his box of paints
tucked away in his studio.
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And I really wanted that box.
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Green
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good warm light
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Magenta
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Aztec
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Mexican red
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old blood of the prickly pear
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Brown
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color of molé
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earth
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Yellow
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sun and happiness
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I was a girl who walked
through a world full of colors
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of tangible forms.
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Everything was mysterious
and held secrets.
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Deciphering the world was like a game.
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I wanted to be a doctor
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so I attended the National Preparatory School.
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I didn't like it at first because
I had to go upstairs with the other girls.
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All the girls would say
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"Frida is a little strange."
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I ended up befriending a group called
the Cachuchas.
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We wore caps
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and I was the only girl.
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When Frida arrived at the school
she was rebellious
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and defied tradition.
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She was drawn to rebellious young men
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and she joined our group.
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I followed the Cachuchas everywhere
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and took part in all of their mischief.
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We strapped firecrackers on a dog
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and we sent it into the school.
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We wreaked havoc
and got all the classes suspended.
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Frida was standing in a hallway
dying of laughter.
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I would go to the boys' classes
instead of going to mine.
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I barely passed my classes
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or I would cheat to get good grades.
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Alejandro was a leader at school.
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He took part in all of the student protests.
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I'm attracted to intelligent people.
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I choose those I feel are superior to me.
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My Alex
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My beloved Alex
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My Alex
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I wanted Alejandro to fuck me
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but he preferred to tell me nice things.
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He'd recite poetry
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and give me kisses and hugs.
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I think that everything
that gives pleasure is good.
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breath
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scent
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armpit
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love
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abyss
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That day I took a bus with Alejandro.
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I sat next to the handrail
and Alejandro sat next to me.
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Shortly after getting on the bus
the crash started.
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A trolley approached our bus slowly
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hitting us straight in the middle.
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The bus had a strange elasticity.
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It bent more and more.
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When it reached its breaking point
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it burst into a thousand pieces.
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It wasn't violent
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but silent.
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Slow.
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The handrail went through me
like a sword through a bull.
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It's a lie that one realizes the crash.
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A lie that one cries.
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I had no tears.
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I didn't understand
the kind of wounds I had suffered.
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I thought I came out unscathed.
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I ended up under the trolley.
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As soon as I was able to get up
I looked for Frida.
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Horrified, I realized that
a piece of iron had pierced her body.
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A man said, "We need to take it out."
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He put his knee on Frida's body
and pulled it out.
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Frida screamed so loud
you couldn't hear the ambulance's siren.
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CRASH WRECKS BUS
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The doctors didn't think they could save her.
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It will take a long time
for the fracture in my pelvis to mend
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and for the wounds in my foot to heal.
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The doctor thinks
I will have to stay like this
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for three or four months.
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I now inhabit a world of pain
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transparent
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like ice.
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It no longer holds mystery.
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The crash destroyed me
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but at least Lady Death didn't take me.
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Everyone tells me not to despair
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but no one knows what it's like for me
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having been free in the streets all my life.
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I feel trapped by the walls in my room.
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I'm alone with my soul.
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My mother devised a wooden contraption
where I could attach my papers.
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She also hung a mirror over my bed
so I could use myself as a model.
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I started painting portraits of my friends.
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Dear Agustín
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I painted your portrait with love.
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Beautiful Alicia
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I'm sending you all my love.
Your pal, Friducha.
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Miguel, little brother
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don't ever forget about Cachucha number 9
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Frida Kahlo.
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Alex
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this is so you don't forget me.
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Don't stop writing to me.
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Here is my portrait, Alex.
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It'll be at your house in a few days.
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I beg you, hang it low
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so you can see it
as if you were looking straight at me.
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After a year in many casts
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I still felt very sore
and had little strength.
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But I want to be productive
with the health I have left.
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When the Revolution started
I was aware of what was happening.
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I was four when I witnessed Zapata's
peasant fight against the establishment.
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The peasants took up arms to seize
the bread that the rich denied them.
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Land and freedom.
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In Mexico, coraje means
becoming violent when you face injustice.
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I feel the pain of the oppressed.
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I feel the need to fight for them.
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That's why as soon as they allowed me
to walk after the accident
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I joined the Communist party.
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MEXICAN ART REFLECTS NEW VALUES
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ART AND REVOLUTION
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The spirit of the Revolution
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was the foundation for my determination.
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Diego Rivera was painting frescoes
at the Ministry of Education.
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Diego is a communist.
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His creative work is at the service of
the social revolution.
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He has great taste.
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He admires everything that emanates beauty
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whether it comes from a woman or a mountain.
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I had only seen him from far away
but I admired him greatly.
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One day I brought him four paintings
and just like that I said
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"Diego! Get down!"
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I looked down from my scaffold
and saw a girl of about eighteen.
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She had a pretty body and a delicate face.
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Look, I haven't come to flirt with you.
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Even though you're a womanizer
I've come to show you my paintings.
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If you're interested, let me know.
If not, that's fine.
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So I can find another way to help my parents.
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I was impressed.
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Her canvases revealed
an unusual expressive energy.
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"In my opinion, you must continue to paint,"
I said at once.
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He told me, "You have talent."
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That's when my courtship with Diego began.
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Diego is a big kid.
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His bulging eyes are never still
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as if they were made for a painter.
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His fleshy lips always show
a mischievous and tender smile.
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She got a kick out of hearing him talk.
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She'd tease him and rile him up.
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Toad Face
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Fatbelly
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Little Diego
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I used to dress like a boy.
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But when I started seeing Diego
I put on traditional Tehuana dresses.
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You will be called Auxochrome
the one who captures color.
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I, Chromophore, the one that gives color.
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DIEGO RIVERA IS MARRIED
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Everyone said it was like
marrying an elephant to a dove.
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I want to have a son
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because this is a man's world.
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I want him to look like Diego.
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If I were to have a girl
I would like her to look a bit like me
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but prettier.
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I would go to see Diego every day
while he painted.
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It pleased him to see me arrive
with food in a basket covered in flowers.
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I was working as much as seven days a week
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and 18 hours a day on government commissions.
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When an art dealer offered me a one-man show
at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
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I got incredibly excited.
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For an artist this is the pinnacle
of professional success.
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Here it is
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the might
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the power
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the glory
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the youthfulness of our lands.
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New York is so massive
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I can't believe it was built by people.
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Our hotel is right in front of Central Park
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only a block away from 5th Avenue.
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Some neighborhoods in New York
are much more interesting than ours.
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We went to Harlem.
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It's a beautiful thing to see.
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There are immigrant communities
from every part of the world.
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The celebrations in Chinatown
feel like the ones in Mexico.
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Full of fireworks and colors.
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We received a magnificent welcome
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and we were feted at parties,
dinners, and receptions.
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Diego is the big shit here.
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High society people lead
the most stupid lives.
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They all spout nonsense
and brag about their millions.
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You also need to own tons of dresses.
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If you show up looking disheveled
they will eat you alive.
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But Mexico is in style now
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and all of my dresses catch their attention.
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Their jaws drop
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because they're a bunch of idiots
who get excited over the dumbest things.
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Diego is painting two blocks from our hotel.
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I am also painting all the time.
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I paint things that are
heavily influenced by Diego.
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I've adapted to his style.
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I try my best to make sure it's done well.
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Winter here is incredibly sad.
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Everything becomes white suddenly.
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But people don't stop going out.
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I don't leave this place.
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I can't walk much with my crooked spine.
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I'm always in pain.
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I'm weak and tired.
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I spend my days alone
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since Diego doesn't stop painting and painting
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and must tend to his affairs.
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Diego
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I'm alone.
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I was never a faithful husband.
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I indulged my desires and had affairs.
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I often found women too desirable to resist.
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I wanted the freedom to go after
anyone who caught my fancy.
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Frida didn't object to my infidelity.
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What offended her was when I chose women
unworthy of me or inferior to her.
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It all made me angry
and if I'm being honest, jealous.
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Why can't I get it through my head
that the affairs with all these women
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the English teachers
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the models
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and the disciples captivated by your art
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are just distractions.
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Even though we fight and curse each other
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00:35:49.523 --> 00:35:56.029
it all makes me realize that
I love you more than my own skin.
263
00:35:56.613 --> 00:35:59.533
And even if you don't love me the same
264
00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:03.871
you must love me a little bit, right?
265
00:36:22.306 --> 00:36:25.601
Diego's exhibition has been a success.
266
00:36:28.520 --> 00:36:32.691
Two to three thousand people go every day.
267
00:36:36.153 --> 00:36:39.031
Diego's been offered a lot of new work.
268
00:36:39.865 --> 00:36:42.367
So now, we're headed to Detroit.
269
00:36:51.001 --> 00:36:53.795
All I want is to go to Mexico
270
00:36:54.379 --> 00:36:59.343
but Diego has dreams of painting
the steel industry.
271
00:37:09.019 --> 00:37:13.440
Detroit's Art Commission, led by Edsel Ford
272
00:37:13.690 --> 00:37:17.569
invited me to paint murals
at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
273
00:37:19.488 --> 00:37:25.827
It was the largest sum
I had ever been offered to paint walls.
274
00:37:43.595 --> 00:37:45.973
He is in love with the factories
275
00:37:47.140 --> 00:37:49.142
and the machines.
276
00:37:50.686 --> 00:37:54.564
Like a child with a new toy.
277
00:38:05.492 --> 00:38:11.206
Unfortunately, Diego has to work
for these rich jerks.
278
00:38:14.251 --> 00:38:20.132
He tells me that there will be
about three or four months of work here
279
00:38:21.133 --> 00:38:24.344
and then we can return to Mexico.
280
00:38:39.860 --> 00:38:42.487
I'm two months pregnant.
281
00:38:44.072 --> 00:38:46.700
I don't know what to do.
282
00:38:53.498 --> 00:38:57.836
I don't think Diego wants to have a child.
283
00:38:59.087 --> 00:39:02.424
Diego only cares about painting.
284
00:39:02.966 --> 00:39:06.762
It's more important to him
than anything else in the world.
285
00:39:09.639 --> 00:39:12.309
Secondly, I'm not strong.
286
00:39:14.144 --> 00:39:17.981
The bus accident crushed my bones.
287
00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:23.987
I doubt the baby would be healthy.
288
00:39:29.409 --> 00:39:34.664
Since I still have time to make
the best decision for my health
289
00:39:36.083 --> 00:39:40.170
I think I should have an abortion.
290
00:39:44.966 --> 00:39:51.431
The doctor told me I should keep the baby
instead of aborting it.
291
00:39:55.060 --> 00:40:03.485
Despite my poor health, he thinks I could
have the baby with a cesarean section.
292
00:40:07.823 --> 00:40:13.328
I don't know why the doctor thinks
it would be better for me to have the child.
293
00:40:14.996 --> 00:40:21.878
Since abortion is illegal here
maybe he's afraid.
294
00:40:36.017 --> 00:40:38.645
It's been almost two months.
295
00:40:40.147 --> 00:40:44.192
Now that I think I can withstand the pregnancy
296
00:40:44.985 --> 00:40:48.238
I'm excited to have the child.
297
00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:56.806
I miscarried in the blink of an eye.
298
00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:04.397
The fetus didn't form. It was disintegrated.
299
00:42:06.942 --> 00:42:11.988
Who knows what the hell is wrong with my body?
300
00:42:16.451 --> 00:42:23.541
I had been so excited to have a little Diego
that I cried so much.
301
00:42:27.796 --> 00:42:30.423
They took me to Ford Hospital.
302
00:42:31.383 --> 00:42:34.511
The doctor didn't tell me what caused it.
303
00:42:34.928 --> 00:42:37.389
I don't know why I miscarried.
304
00:43:51.421 --> 00:43:55.550
I became obsessed with starting over.
305
00:43:57.093 --> 00:44:00.722
Painting things as I saw them
306
00:44:02.015 --> 00:44:04.351
through no one else's eyes
307
00:44:06.311 --> 00:44:07.937
but my own.
308
00:44:12.692 --> 00:44:15.153
My feelings
309
00:44:15.570 --> 00:44:17.947
my moods
310
00:44:18.365 --> 00:44:23.828
and my profound reactions to life.
311
00:44:54.901 --> 00:44:57.070
The only thing I know
312
00:44:58.613 --> 00:45:01.282
is that I paint because I need to.
313
00:45:09.791 --> 00:45:12.043
How I wish to leave this place.
314
00:45:12.836 --> 00:45:17.841
I want to run and run until I get to Mexico.
315
00:45:19.926 --> 00:45:22.053
Frida would rather be in Mexico
316
00:45:22.303 --> 00:45:25.515
but I like the United States.
317
00:45:26.266 --> 00:45:28.435
I'm happier here.
318
00:45:42.782 --> 00:45:49.080
Nelson Rockefeller wanted the best artists
to beautify his new RCA building.
319
00:45:58.756 --> 00:46:03.303
I am completely disappointed
with the famous United States.
320
00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:12.770
Everything here is about appearances
but deep down it's a pile of shit.
321
00:46:15.482 --> 00:46:19.527
I've seen thousands of people
in the most terrible conditions
322
00:46:20.653 --> 00:46:23.239
without anything to eat
and nowhere to sleep.
323
00:46:30.997 --> 00:46:35.502
Rockefeller was fully acquainted
with my communist ideas.
324
00:46:38.004 --> 00:46:42.008
DIEGO RIVERA WITH HIS WIFE AND ASSISTANTS
325
00:46:43.259 --> 00:46:46.137
I was painting a revolutionary mural
326
00:46:46.513 --> 00:46:49.265
with workers marching and singing
327
00:46:51.100 --> 00:46:53.144
and a figure of Lenin.
328
00:46:55.146 --> 00:46:58.608
I was quite aware that I was
going against public opinion.
329
00:47:04.697 --> 00:47:10.203
The private police at Radio City
gave me the order to stop work.
330
00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:14.082
My mural was smashed to pieces.
331
00:47:18.294 --> 00:47:20.046
Stuck-up gringos.
332
00:47:20.213 --> 00:47:23.800
Motherfuckers. Sons of bitches.
333
00:47:26.052 --> 00:47:28.638
Because of the conflict with Rockefeller
334
00:47:28.721 --> 00:47:32.642
all my commissions in the United States
were canceled.
335
00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:57.166
Diego blames me for coming back
to godforsaken Mexico
336
00:47:58.876 --> 00:48:03.131
but I know it's not my fault.
337
00:48:07.468 --> 00:48:12.682
He has no desire to work
and gets angry a lot.
338
00:48:15.268 --> 00:48:21.733
It's painful that he thinks I'm to blame.
339
00:48:37.498 --> 00:48:42.462
I was instrumental in bringing
Trotsky to Mexico
340
00:48:42.962 --> 00:48:47.300
after every country in the world
had closed its doors.
341
00:48:48.801 --> 00:48:52.096
I was sick when Trotsky arrived
342
00:48:52.722 --> 00:48:56.684
so I asked Frida to welcome him
and his wife at the dock.
343
00:49:52.407 --> 00:50:00.665
I dedicate this painting to Leon Trotsky
with all my affection.
344
00:50:12.218 --> 00:50:15.054
I'm so tired of this old man.
345
00:51:03.269 --> 00:51:06.856
Make love, take a bath
346
00:51:07.732 --> 00:51:09.859
and make love again.
347
00:51:17.950 --> 00:51:24.373
For me to fall in love
the person has to be sensitive
348
00:51:25.208 --> 00:51:29.837
and above all, I must be
sexually attracted to them.
349
00:51:36.302 --> 00:51:41.015
An affair lasts as long as it gives pleasure.
350
00:51:41.974 --> 00:51:47.063
It's good to have sex
even if one is not in love.
351
00:51:53.194 --> 00:51:57.532
During sex, my breasts play an active role.
352
00:51:58.574 --> 00:52:01.118
I get excited when they are touched.
353
00:52:06.833 --> 00:52:13.506
Nachito, I would like to spend
more time with you all on our own.
354
00:52:18.761 --> 00:52:21.639
Jacqueline, I have not forgotten you.
355
00:52:21.931 --> 00:52:26.185
The nights are long and punishing.
356
00:52:27.436 --> 00:52:34.902
Bartolí, last night I felt as if wings
caressed my entire body.
357
00:52:34.986 --> 00:52:40.992
As if your fingertips were lips
that kissed my skin.
358
00:53:14.942 --> 00:53:19.405
Love is the foundation of all life.
359
00:54:47.702 --> 00:54:53.082
The more I loved a woman
the more I wanted to hurt her.
360
00:54:54.125 --> 00:54:59.463
Frida was the main victim
of this disgusting trait.
361
00:55:01.090 --> 00:55:03.884
I got involved with Frida's best friend
362
00:55:05.219 --> 00:55:08.139
her sister, Cristina.
363
00:55:18.399 --> 00:55:20.317
We were four sisters
364
00:55:20.401 --> 00:55:24.613
but Cristina was the sister
that I loved the most
365
00:55:25.197 --> 00:55:29.326
and who I tried to help whenever I could.
366
00:55:31.495 --> 00:55:34.874
Cristina is really pretty.
367
00:55:35.541 --> 00:55:38.169
As a child, I was very jealous of her.
368
00:55:38.377 --> 00:55:40.963
We would fight furiously.
369
00:55:42.089 --> 00:55:45.009
But she was my everything.
370
00:55:52.308 --> 00:55:57.521
I know that right now
Diego is more interested in my sister than me.
371
00:56:01.108 --> 00:56:02.902
It's all a load of crap.
372
00:56:03.569 --> 00:56:05.654
I can't forgive him.
373
00:56:06.947 --> 00:56:08.783
And that is all.
374
00:56:13.162 --> 00:56:14.747
Love
375
00:56:15.623 --> 00:56:17.083
Hate
376
00:56:18.209 --> 00:56:20.252
Madness
377
00:56:33.933 --> 00:56:37.728
I spend my days crying with rage.
378
00:56:38.687 --> 00:56:44.401
I'm just like any other girl
heartbroken by a man leaving her.
379
00:56:45.444 --> 00:56:47.947
I'm worthless.
380
00:56:48.823 --> 00:56:52.076
I can't do anything right.
381
00:56:53.369 --> 00:57:00.960
My situation is so idiotic
that I hate myself for it.
382
00:57:17.393 --> 00:57:21.564
Once Frida found out, she left me.
383
00:57:22.815 --> 00:57:24.692
It was too late.
384
00:57:24.900 --> 00:57:32.741
But if given another chance
I can't say I'd do anything differently.
385
00:57:35.578 --> 00:57:39.206
Every man is a product of his times
386
00:57:39.290 --> 00:57:42.334
and I am what I am.
387
00:57:44.128 --> 00:57:48.632
I wanted to go to New York
but I had no money.
388
00:57:49.300 --> 00:57:52.219
Now I live somewhere else.
389
00:57:53.220 --> 00:57:59.101
Diego drops by once in a while
but we have nothing to say.
390
00:57:59.351 --> 00:58:03.355
There is no connection between us anymore.
391
00:58:04.773 --> 00:58:12.323
He doesn't tell me about his life.
He's not interested in what I do or think.
392
00:58:14.325 --> 00:58:18.204
I loved her too much to make her suffer.
393
00:58:18.454 --> 00:58:25.085
So to prevent future heartaches
I pleaded with her to give me a divorce.
394
00:58:33.385 --> 00:58:36.680
Today I signed the divorce papers
395
00:58:37.848 --> 00:58:42.019
and I feel lousy because I truly love him.
396
00:58:45.981 --> 00:58:50.861
But I think this will finally give him
what he wants.
397
00:58:51.946 --> 00:58:59.286
I will no longer be a burden
keeping him from the freedom he demands.
398
00:59:19.390 --> 00:59:22.601
After a few months I forgave my sister
399
00:59:23.435 --> 00:59:29.400
and I'm trying my best
to forget what happened and live.
400
00:59:42.288 --> 00:59:44.915
I'm learning to be alone
401
00:59:45.916 --> 00:59:50.254
and that is a small triumph.
402
00:59:53.632 --> 00:59:58.470
I've wasted my best years
being dependent on a man
403
00:59:58.929 --> 01:00:01.473
without doing anything for myself.
404
01:00:06.937 --> 01:00:10.649
I need to paint so I can make a living.
405
01:00:11.692 --> 01:00:14.194
Then I will be free.
406
01:00:15.612 --> 01:00:18.991
I no longer accept
a damn cent from Diego.
407
01:00:19.575 --> 01:00:24.496
I will never accept money
from any man until I die.
408
01:00:30.669 --> 01:00:35.799
I paint myself
because I'm what I know best.
409
01:00:41.972 --> 01:00:48.270
My self-portraits are the true expression
of my emotions.
410
01:00:53.025 --> 01:00:58.781
I was told not to paint so many sad things
411
01:00:59.406 --> 01:01:05.037
but I will paint whatever I want
even if the paintings don't sell.
412
01:01:21.011 --> 01:01:27.768
For the first time in my life
I sold one of my pieces.
413
01:01:31.271 --> 01:01:36.068
I now have a commission to paint
a self-portrait with monkeys.
414
01:01:37.236 --> 01:01:40.906
It seems that everyone wants monkeys.
415
01:01:41.115 --> 01:01:43.367
I don't know why.
416
01:01:59.007 --> 01:02:03.971
The Surrealist poet André Breton
came to Mexico.
417
01:03:04.281 --> 01:03:06.825
I never knew I was a Surrealist
418
01:03:07.034 --> 01:03:11.872
until André Breton came to Mexico
and told me I was one.
419
01:03:13.832 --> 01:03:20.464
I must confess I didn't even know
that this art movement existed.
420
01:04:04.341 --> 01:04:08.095
I adore surprises and the unexpected.
421
01:04:09.137 --> 01:04:11.765
But I never painted my dreams.
422
01:04:12.224 --> 01:04:15.852
I painted my own reality.
423
01:04:30.367 --> 01:04:38.542
Breton was so impressed with my work
he urged me to exhibit in Paris and New York.
424
01:04:53.473 --> 01:05:02.274
A Surrealist gallery in New York
invited me to do a solo exhibition.
425
01:05:03.942 --> 01:05:07.070
I've never had an exhibition before.
426
01:05:23.754 --> 01:05:26.632
Everything went wonderfully.
427
01:05:27.132 --> 01:05:31.094
I displayed 25 pieces and sold 12.
428
01:05:35.849 --> 01:05:40.687
From there I went to Paris
for an exhibition organized by André Breton.
429
01:05:55.535 --> 01:06:00.248
Ever since I arrived, it's been a shit show.
430
01:06:01.291 --> 01:06:04.252
My exhibition wasn't even set up.
431
01:06:04.503 --> 01:06:09.007
My paintings were waiting patiently for me
in customs.
432
01:06:09.299 --> 01:06:14.888
The son-of-a-bitch Breton
hadn't even gone to pick them up.
433
01:06:16.723 --> 01:06:20.519
Now Breton wants to exhibit my paintings
434
01:06:20.852 --> 01:06:24.523
along with common objects
he bought in Mexican markets.
435
01:06:27.567 --> 01:06:29.194
Ordinary crap.
436
01:06:29.736 --> 01:06:31.405
It's all junk.
437
01:06:36.952 --> 01:06:41.498
The exhibition will finally open
at the Pierre Colle gallery.
438
01:06:41.581 --> 01:06:44.918
They say it's one of the best ones here.
439
01:06:48.422 --> 01:06:52.634
There was quite a crowd at the opening.
440
01:06:54.094 --> 01:06:57.097
Huge congratulations from Joan Miró.
441
01:06:57.639 --> 01:07:00.892
Great praise from Kandinsky.
442
01:07:01.393 --> 01:07:06.773
And congratulations from Picasso
and other big cacas of Surrealism.
443
01:07:08.608 --> 01:07:14.448
But these rich bitches
don't want to buy anything.
444
01:07:16.783 --> 01:07:22.539
I don't have the honor of being
in the elite circle of famous artists.
445
01:07:23.331 --> 01:07:25.459
Men are kings.
446
01:07:25.876 --> 01:07:28.754
They rule the world.
447
01:07:37.053 --> 01:07:41.183
These people make me want to vomit.
448
01:07:42.350 --> 01:07:48.356
They sit in the cafés for hours
warming their precious asses.
449
01:07:48.523 --> 01:07:53.737
They talk endlessly about "culture"
"art" and "revolution."
450
01:07:54.404 --> 01:08:00.368
They poison the air
with theories that never come true.
451
01:08:03.580 --> 01:08:05.832
I hate Surrealism.
452
01:08:07.042 --> 01:08:11.755
It's a decadent manifestation
of bourgeois art.
453
01:08:18.261 --> 01:08:24.810
I am so sick of the whole affair.
To hell with everything.
454
01:08:25.685 --> 01:08:31.316
Fuck everything concerning Breton
and this lousy place.
455
01:08:31.858 --> 01:08:34.236
Let them eat shit.
456
01:08:34.402 --> 01:08:37.781
I am going home.
457
01:08:51.670 --> 01:08:54.256
I feel like hell.
458
01:08:55.465 --> 01:09:00.220
Exhausted by the constant pain in my back
that gets worse every day.
459
01:09:11.356 --> 01:09:16.152
I am fucked because of the accident.
460
01:09:19.823 --> 01:09:22.659
My foot always hurts.
461
01:09:23.952 --> 01:09:30.876
The nerves are damaged
and my foot will never be the same.
462
01:09:32.460 --> 01:09:34.671
It's hopeless.
463
01:09:42.470 --> 01:09:48.476
All the doctors want me to have an operation.
464
01:09:50.562 --> 01:09:52.856
I'm scared.
465
01:10:02.365 --> 01:10:06.328
In the end, they proceeded to break bones.
466
01:10:07.621 --> 01:10:13.418
They tore off a piece of my pelvis
and fused it to my spine.
467
01:10:24.971 --> 01:10:30.143
The bone will take a long time
to grow and readjust.
468
01:10:31.353 --> 01:10:34.898
I'll have to stay in this hospital
for quite a while.
469
01:10:38.276 --> 01:10:42.030
It is hard to imagine my future.
470
01:10:42.572 --> 01:10:46.660
I can't think about it until I get well.
471
01:10:49.496 --> 01:10:54.709
Tree of hope, stay strong.
472
01:11:16.356 --> 01:11:20.235
Frida, I haven't known how to say this.
473
01:11:20.735 --> 01:11:26.324
I've never been able to admit
how much I love you
474
01:11:26.950 --> 01:11:29.953
but now I'm sure of it.
475
01:11:31.621 --> 01:11:36.042
Little girl, I'm terribly worried
about your illness.
476
01:11:44.050 --> 01:11:50.306
He tells me I am the woman
he loves above everyone else
477
01:11:50.724 --> 01:11:55.311
and he wants me to marry him again.
478
01:11:58.189 --> 01:12:03.695
I loved her and I begged her to marry me again
479
01:12:04.070 --> 01:12:06.364
but without success.
480
01:12:06.823 --> 01:12:11.786
When she finally accepted
she did so with conditions.
481
01:12:13.621 --> 01:12:18.752
That she would support herself
with the earnings of her own work.
482
01:12:19.669 --> 01:12:24.340
That I would only pay for half
of our home expenses.
483
01:12:25.133 --> 01:12:27.969
And that we wouldn't have sex with each other.
484
01:12:29.304 --> 01:12:33.641
When explaining this last condition, she said
485
01:12:34.434 --> 01:12:41.733
When I imagine you with all your other women
I can't make love to you.
486
01:12:42.275 --> 01:12:49.449
As soon as you start seducing me
I face a psychological barrier.
487
01:12:52.702 --> 01:12:57.582
I felt so happy to have her back
that I accepted all of her conditions.
488
01:12:57.999 --> 01:13:02.295
Frida and I got married for a second time.
489
01:13:28.279 --> 01:13:30.448
Our second marriage is going well.
490
01:13:32.242 --> 01:13:38.540
There is more mutual understanding.
No more jealousy or violent arguments.
491
01:13:41.751 --> 01:13:46.714
Each spouse does their part
to maintain the home.
492
01:13:49.467 --> 01:13:52.512
We'll be together forever.
493
01:13:54.139 --> 01:13:57.183
Nothing but love between us.
494
01:14:12.407 --> 01:14:14.075
My little boy
495
01:14:14.492 --> 01:14:20.456
I will build you a home with all of my love.
496
01:14:31.551 --> 01:14:35.221
I'm now teaching at an art school.
497
01:14:42.395 --> 01:14:46.441
And in the afternoons I dedicate myself
to the beauty of painting.
498
01:14:48.610 --> 01:14:55.783
As soon as I finish one I have to sell it
to earn enough money for the monthly expenses.
499
01:14:58.286 --> 01:15:00.663
If it weren't for my health
500
01:15:01.789 --> 01:15:04.626
you could even say that I'm happy.
501
01:15:23.478 --> 01:15:29.025
Up until 1950, I was doing well enough.
502
01:15:30.401 --> 01:15:33.571
But now my health is at its worst.
503
01:15:38.493 --> 01:15:42.413
Frida became a professional patient.
504
01:15:43.373 --> 01:15:46.709
She had many surgical interventions
505
01:15:47.085 --> 01:15:50.755
a parade of doctors and orthopedic braces.
506
01:15:51.506 --> 01:15:55.093
They would hang her to straighten her spine.
507
01:16:02.016 --> 01:16:04.060
This is my reality.
508
01:16:04.560 --> 01:16:06.562
There is no remedy.
509
01:16:07.480 --> 01:16:11.317
Despite it all
nothing is better than laughter.
510
01:16:11.943 --> 01:16:16.114
Laughing hard gives you strength.
511
01:16:18.157 --> 01:16:22.495
At the hospital, Frida made light of her pain
512
01:16:23.204 --> 01:16:26.124
and swore all the time.
513
01:16:26.791 --> 01:16:29.294
Fucking life.
514
01:16:33.214 --> 01:16:37.051
If she saw me with a pretty woman, she'd say
515
01:16:37.260 --> 01:16:41.306
Pass her to me. I'll take a puff.
516
01:16:46.602 --> 01:16:48.980
I'm always in a cast
517
01:16:49.439 --> 01:16:51.482
but I'm not discouraged.
518
01:16:53.484 --> 01:16:56.654
I have an enormous will to live.
519
01:17:01.617 --> 01:17:04.454
Long live life!
520
01:17:28.644 --> 01:17:32.440
I'm sure they will amputate my right leg.
521
01:17:34.192 --> 01:17:39.197
I don't know the details
but my doctors are concerned.
522
01:17:59.675 --> 01:18:01.344
I'm an invalid.
523
01:18:04.472 --> 01:18:12.730
Now I am trapped
in this fucking house of oblivion.
524
01:18:17.819 --> 01:18:19.695
Yellow
525
01:18:21.030 --> 01:18:22.824
sickness
526
01:18:23.199 --> 01:18:24.951
fear
527
01:18:26.119 --> 01:18:30.790
All the ghosts wear this color.
528
01:18:33.543 --> 01:18:35.795
Red
529
01:18:37.755 --> 01:18:39.757
blood
530
01:18:46.514 --> 01:18:48.891
Black
531
01:18:51.269 --> 01:18:53.187
Nothing is black
532
01:18:55.231 --> 01:18:57.316
truly nothing.
533
01:19:07.160 --> 01:19:09.036
I want to die.
534
01:19:14.959 --> 01:19:18.796
After the operation to amputate her leg
535
01:19:19.255 --> 01:19:21.424
everything was silent.
536
01:19:22.633 --> 01:19:27.597
Not even Diego's presence helped
and she didn't want to paint at all.
537
01:19:28.264 --> 01:19:31.058
The doctor said
not to force her to do anything
538
01:19:31.142 --> 01:19:33.519
because she didn't want to live anymore.
539
01:19:37.607 --> 01:19:41.152
But one morning, she looked up at me and said
540
01:19:41.903 --> 01:19:43.863
I think I'm going to paint.
541
01:19:45.406 --> 01:19:49.494
I had to bind her to her wheelchair
so she could sit up straight.
542
01:20:02.548 --> 01:20:05.259
In my life I've painted little
543
01:20:06.969 --> 01:20:11.015
without the slightest desire
for glory or ambition
544
01:20:13.351 --> 01:20:18.147
with the sole conviction
to give myself pleasure
545
01:20:20.483 --> 01:20:24.737
and the power to make a living with my trade.
546
01:20:27.657 --> 01:20:32.912
I've lost so many things I wanted for my life.
547
01:20:34.497 --> 01:20:38.376
But painting completed my life.
548
01:21:05.486 --> 01:21:12.827
I told Diego it was an outrage that we had
never held an exhibition for Frida in Mexico
549
01:21:13.536 --> 01:21:18.165
and what would he say about
holding one in my gallery.
550
01:21:19.709 --> 01:21:25.631
EXHIBITION OF FRIDA KAHLO'S
BODY OF WORK
551
01:21:33.973 --> 01:21:36.225
She arrived in an ambulance
552
01:21:36.809 --> 01:21:38.894
like a heroine.
553
01:21:41.897 --> 01:21:44.150
Frida sat in the middle of the room.
554
01:21:45.526 --> 01:21:51.532
She was pleased to see so many people
honoring her warmly.
555
01:21:56.078 --> 01:21:58.914
She said almost nothing.
556
01:22:00.583 --> 01:22:06.464
She must have realized
she was bidding life goodbye.
557
01:22:10.217 --> 01:22:12.678
I am not afraid of death.
558
01:22:14.221 --> 01:22:18.100
Even so, I must face the bitter fact
559
01:22:18.601 --> 01:22:22.938
that having many lives
would still not be enough
560
01:22:23.606 --> 01:22:27.777
for me to paint everything I want.
561
01:22:48.381 --> 01:22:50.508
What is joy?
562
01:22:52.093 --> 01:22:55.096
The creation born of discovery.
563
01:23:05.147 --> 01:23:09.944
The lonely deer wandered
very sad and very hurt
564
01:23:11.153 --> 01:23:14.532
until it found warmth and a home.
565
01:23:18.202 --> 01:23:23.124
When the deer returns strong, happy and healed
566
01:23:24.041 --> 01:23:29.422
the wounds he now bears
will all have been erased.
567
01:23:37.513 --> 01:23:40.099
Thank you for giving me solace.
568
01:23:41.726 --> 01:23:47.148
In the deer's forest, the sky is now clear.