[ Translation from Spanish ] @ And she is the flame @
@ That rises up @
@ And she is a bird in flight @
@ ln the night that catches fire @
@ Hell is this heaven @
[ Birds chirping ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] Up! Up, up, up up!
Careful , guys.
This corpse is still breathing .
[ Grunts ]
Try to get me there in one piece.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Up-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Music continues ]
- [ Grunts ] - [ Grunts ]
Hello, Professor.
Hello, Frida.
[ Music continues ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
Diego Rivera is back in the auditorium !
- Who cares? - With a naked woman .
Oh , yeah . Yeah .
[ Frida laughs ]
[ Laughs softly ]
FRlDA: Shh .
[ Laughs softly ]
Why is this whore still here?
Huh?
Tell me.
Tell me, mi amor.
Are you planning to have her after lunch ,
or have you fucked her already?
Lupe, please don't start.
Y-You think l don't know what's going on .
You must think l'm an idiot.
- l can't work like this. - Yes, you can .
Your food and your slut.
That's all you need to paint your pinche murals!
Hey! Get out!
And don't come home!
Don't come home and give me one of your speeches
about the artist and the people and your fucking revolution !
You only care about yourself, you piece of shit!
[ Footsteps echoing ]
[ Door closes ]
So much for lunch .
Although . . .
l could eat you , perhaps.
[ Laughs ]
[ Chuckles ]
l-l've eaten female flesh before. Yeah .
Yes.
Wrapped up in . . .tortillas.
[ Both laugh ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
Tastes like. . .
the tenderest young pig .
[ Exhales deeply ]
Watch out, Diego! Lupe's coming back!
[ Laughter ]
Fucking punks!
Come on , you little anarchists!
[ Shouting indistinctly ]
Let's go! Frida!
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
Just keeping you honest, panzon.
Panzon.
Do l look fat to you?
[ Both moaning and breathing heavily ]
Shh !
- [ Moans loudly ] - Shh !
[ Breathing heavily ]
Shh , shh , shh , shh !
[ Birds chirping ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
Oh , yeah .
- Here you are. - Gracias.
Frida, we found the most beautiful fabric
for my wedding dress today.
Fantastic.
lt cost a fortune.
[ Children shouting in distance ]
[ Man singing on radio ]
- Mama? - Yes?
Are these ripe?
They should be. Let me see.
Yes, they're fine. Just need a day or two.
Maybe you'll get married , too, one day.
One can only hope.
Lunch is almost ready.
Go get the artist.
l love this one. lt's beautiful .
[ European accent ] l like it, too.
They're busy with the wedding .
Cristina is so excited about her dress.
Good .
Everyone should be excited when they get married .
l suppose. lf that's what you want.
[ Chuckles ]
And , uh . . .what do you want?
l don't know.
l just don't think that marriage is for everyone.
Well , you need a good reason to do it,
just like with anything else.
What do you think matters most for a good marriage?
A short memory.
[ Both laugh ]
Why did you get married , Papa?
l can't remember.
[ Both laugh ]
So l could have you .
[ Man singing on radio ]
And concentrate, everybody.
Wait. Where is Frida?
Adriana, go tell your sister to hurry up.
[ Music continues ]
l always wanted a son .
And , Matilde, everyone, eyes to the camera,
and . . .
[ Shutter clicks ]
Come on . We'll miss our bus.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Mid-tempo instrumental music playing ]
[ Gasps ]
- Frida! - Excuse me.
How much is the calaca?
Frida, come on !
[ Man singing indistinctly ]
- The bus! - We'll take the next one.
No, no, no! Come, come, come!
W-Watch out. Hey! Hey.
[ Up-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ Breathing heavily ]
Anyway, l just don't think he's completely apolitical .
That's all .
But that's because you read it after you read Marx.
You -- you always read things in the wrong order!
That's ridiculous.
Why should it matter what order you read it in?
Because if you have already read Marx,
then of course Hegel is going to seem political .
But the truth is the idea of history as a dialectic.
lt just predicts Marx. . .
ls that gold? Real gold?
For the ceiling of the opera house.
[ Horn honks ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] Move!
[ Horn honks ]
Move it, idiot!
[ Engine revs ]
[ Horn honks ]
[ Tires screech ]
[ lndistinct shouting ]
- [ Thud ] - [ Grunts ]
[ lndistinct shouting ]
MAN : Your brake!
[ Glass shatters ]
[ Rumbling ]
[ Bird chirping ]
[ Glass shatters ]
[ Radio tuning ]
[ Up-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ Rattling ]
[ Bullet ricochets ]
[ Horn plays ]
[ Distorted voices ]
[ Squeaking ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Distorted voices ]
[ Man , distorted ] The spinal column was broken ,
as were the collarbone and two ribs.
The pelvis is broken in three places.
The metal rod entered the right side of the body
and came out the vagina.
The right leg has 1 1 fractures,
[ Normal voice ] and the foot was crushed .
Will she ever walk again?
Let's make sure she lives first.
[ Distorted screaming ]
[ Screaming fades ]
[ Door closes ]
ls Alex alive?
- Frida. - ls he all right?
He was hurt, but not terribly.
He was here yesterday when you were not awake.
And Mama?
lt was too much for them , Fridocha. They are at home.
How long have l been here?
Three weeks.
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
We're almost there.
Gently, now.
MATlLDE : There is nothing left to spend .
GUlLLERMO: l will sell some of my equipment.
For another operation that probably won't work.
- [ Dish rattles ] - No. No. Listen .
Maybe this time it will work.
And then how will you make money?
l'll . . .paint portraits again .
[ Exhales deeply ]
Admit it, Guillermo.
She'll never walk again .
[ Knock on door ]
Go on in , Alex. She's waiting for you .
[ Pencil scratching ]
[ Hinges creak ]
Hello, ugly.
They're beautiful .
How do you feel?
Like l've been hit by a bus.
[ Laughs ]
Come on , silly. Come, come. Come sit with me.
Look.
lt's my only good angle at the moment.
No, it's not.
l like you this way.
You're easier to keep up with .
Spengler. . . because you love him .
Schopenhauer because it's good for you .
Oh , Alex.
You know l adore you .
l've missed you so much .
l told the doctor the handrail had taken my virginity.
[ Both laugh ]
And l'm sure he believed you .
You know. . .
when l get out of this cast,
l'm going to show you a couple of things
l still remember from before.
Okay.
What?
My aunt and my uncle are leaving for Europe, and . . .
they've invited me to come along .
But that's wonderful .
When would you leave?
Soon .
Next week.
How long will you be gone?
They're going for two months,
and . . .afterwards l might stay on at the Sorbonne.
l will be staying on .
Did l tell you that l'm going to walk again?
Yes.
Do you believe it?
Of course l do.
You'd better.
Because you're going to miss it.
N-No.
Frida --
l want you to leave before l finish this butterfly.
[ Door closes ]
[ Sobs ]
[ Birds chirping ]
[ Door opens ]
GUlLLERMO: How are you feeling?
[ Exhales deeply ]
How am l feeling?
l can't even remember what it felt like before the pain .
[ Laughs ] lsn't that horrible?
Dr. Farril is coming on Monday.
He is bringing a back specialist,
Dr. Cervantes.
[ Exhales deeply ]
l feel like some rich girl with a new suitor every week.
But all my suitors have turned into doctors.
And l'm not a rich girl , Papa.
How come you never ask me about my plans anymore?
Hmm?
You used to always say,
[ European accent ] ''Tell me your plans, Frida.''
[ Laughs softly ]
What are your plans. . .Frida?
Right now l'm a burden .
But l hope to be a self-sufficient cripple one day.
After that, l don't know.
You are not a burden . . .
my love.
See? Here.
We have something for you .
Matilde, come.
We noticed that there was no more room left on your cast,
- Oh . - So. . .
Mm-hmm .
[ Laughs ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
[ Dog barking ]
[ Baby cooing ]
[ Birds chirping ]
Now you look like a gringa movie star.
Let me see.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
lt's too much money.
Mama, Papa...
l have a surprise.
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
[ Exhales deeply ]
Careful , now.
Don't worry. Don't worry. lt's all right.
[ Music continues ]
[ Exhales sharply ]
[ Music speeds ]
Aah !
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Engine idling ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] Do you want a rich tamale?
Delicious. . .
[ Mid-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ Birds chirping ]
DlEGO: l need the ochre.
- ls it ready? - Almost.
No. Now. l need it now.
Okay.
Senor Rivera?
Diego!
Who are you? What do you want?
l have something important to discuss with you .
l'm working .
l'll wait.
l don't have time to chat with schoolgirls.
l'm not a schoolgirl , panzon.
Okay. Come on up here.
No. You come down .
[ Chuckles ]
[ Up-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ Music slows ]
What?
Look, l didn't come here for fun or to flirt.
l've done some paintings
which l want you to look over professionally,
and l need an absolutely straightforward opinion
of my work.
You were that girl in the auditorium .
Yes, l was, but that has nothing to do with now.
l just want your serious opinion .
What -- what do you care about my opinion?
lf you're a real painter, you'll paint
because you can't live without painting .
You'll paint till you die, okay?
l have to work to earn a living ,
so l don't have time to fool around just for vanity.
lf l'm not good enough ,
l have to do something else to help my parents.
Leave the best one here.
Go home and paint another one.
lf this one's any good ,
l'll come and look at that one on my day off.
[ Footsteps ]
Orozco is a true artist.
He's tremendous.
And Siqueiros could be great
if he'd pull his head out of his own ass and look around .
[ Door opens ]
Comrade Rivera.
What a nice surprise.
What if l told you
that easel painting like yours is finished ,
that it's headed for the trash
like other elitist, bourgeois pastimes?
l'd say cut the propaganda.
[ Chuckles ]
This is very good work.
You have real talent.
Oh , come on .
l'm not looking for your compliments.
l want a serious critique.
But l'm being sincere.
These are very original paintings --
none of the usual tricks.
But that's -- that's not specific.
You have to trust a true compliment
as much as a critique.
Yeah , well , some people have told me not to trust
what you say.
They say if a girl asks your opinion ,
and she's not a complete fright,
you'll gush all over her.
l need you to tell me one thing honestly --
do you actually believe that l should continue to paint?
Yes.
[ Up-tempo jazz playing ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
You'll like Tina.
She's a brilliant photographer,
one of the few with real taste.
Do you know Alvarez Bravo?
l know his work. lt's good .
l'll introduce you to him . He'll want to photograph you .
Without clothes, of course.
Of course.
[ Both laugh ]
[ Music continues ]
That's the thing about these radicals.
They're a little dangerous,
but they definitely throw the best parties.
Ah , at last!
[ Translation from ltalian ] The monster!
Tina!
This is Frida Kahlo.
She's a wonderful painter.
She wants to be a wonderful painter.
Oh , don't be shy.
Nobody really thinks their own stuff is good except Diego.
He's the only one who's sure.
Go find Siqueiros.
He's been bad-mouthing you again .
You come with me.
Great party.
[ Laughs ]
Everybody, l have someone for you to meet.
This is Frida Kahlo.
She came with Diego.
Another pretty girl . . .
[ Music playing in distance ]
She's quite a talent, no?
Julio Mella, the Cuban .
Tina took the last photo of him .
She was with him on the street when they gunned him down .
[ Laughter ]
lncredible.
They're like clay in his hands.
lt must be that body.
[ Laughs ] No.
lt's the way he looks at you . . .
and finds beauty in all your imperfections.
lt's irresistible.
You'd never think it to look at him ,
but he's had half the women here.
l'm sorry. Did you come with him?
Oh , n-- we're just friends.
l'm Frida Kahlo.
l'm a painter.
A painter. No wonder. Mm-hmm .
l'm Lupe Mari n .
l'm his wife.
Ah . . .
l was his wife.
Good luck to you .
Bad-mouth him all you want, Diego.
But while we have been talking about socialism
over drinks at parties for 1 0 years,
Stalin is making it work.
He's achieving it.
Achieving what?
His only big idea so far
is to throw out all the real thinkers in the land .
But he -- he just threw you out.
[ Laughing ] No. Not just me.
No, not just you .
Mr. Trotsky -- a man who plays the martyr
when , in truth , he was rejected by his own country.
- Good riddance. - No.
He had to run for his life. Stalin would have had him shot.
That's his version of socialism --
kill anyone who disagrees with you .
Well , some people have to get shot in a revolution , you know.
Well , l prefer evolution.
Educate the poor. Mobilize the workers.
Rise like a slow tide.
But you -- you'll have your revolution
and kill half the poor to save them .
Diego, this from a Communist who's getting rich
painting for the government and wealthy patrons?
l can't help it if the rich have good taste.
The rich don't have good taste.
They pay someone to have good taste for them .
And they don't hire you because you are good .
They hire you because you assuage their sense of guilt.
They use you , Diego,
and you are too vain to see it.
[ Woman gasps ]
- No! - Diego, no!
[ Gunshot, music stops, women scream ]
MAN : [ Translation from Spanish ] What are you doing?
Basta.
Whoever takes the biggest swig can dance with me.
[ Crowd murmuring ]
Bravo.
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] Diego, let's see. . .
l'd rather have an intelligent enemy
than a stupid friend .
- Oh ! - [ Laughs ]
[ Laughter ]
[ Laughs ]
MAN : lt's more than the man , no?
Shall we?
[ Crowd murmuring ]
[ Whispers indistinctly ]
[ Chuckles ]
[ Playing mid-tempo introduction ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] @ The night will go by @
@ Without hurrying nostalgia @
@ Our wound will be a tango @
@ Our souls a bleeding accordion @
@ We will be tonight all day long @
@ Come back to me @
@ Love me in the dark @
@ ln our blue room @
@ Where there was no sun for us @
[ Both laughing ]
@ Blind me @
@ Kill my heart @
@ ln our blue room @
[ Hands clapping ]
@ My @
@ My love @
[ Laughter and applause ]
[ Mid-tempo instrumental music plays ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Typewriter clicking ]
[ Music continues ]
[ Translation from Spanish ] The village, united ,
advance to the defeated !
The village, united , advance to the defeated !
[ lndistinct conversations ]
. . .and more women .
Next time l'll make sure that happens, okay?
[ Both laugh ]
Miss Kahlo.
You may have to hold me up.
[ Laughs ]
That Torres is a good man ,
but he's got to be much more careful .
What is this, your studio?
One of the benefits of being party leader --
you can arrange for the drinking to be done close to home.
And now that you are officially a comrade,
l believe l can let you see it, if you like.
Hey, listen .
lf you think l'm going to sleep with you
just because you've taken me under your wing ,
you're wrong .
Me?
l was painting murals
and womanizing in peace when you came along .
Anyway, sex is like pissing .
People take it much too seriously.
ln Russia -- oh , my God --
in Russia, everyone was fucking like rabbits.
Well , this isn't Russia.
No, thank Christ.
l have a proposal .
We will not sleep together.
We will solemnly swear, right here, right now,
that we will be friends only.
Fine.
Comrades. . .colleagues. . .
and friends forever.
[ Electricity humming ]
[ Laughs ]
Did you arrange for that?
Cost me a fortune.
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
l have a scar.
Let me see it.
You're perfect.
Perfect.
[ Sighs ]
[ Music continues ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
Mmm !
l always wanted a man with melones bigger than mine.
[ Laughs ]
You know what l've always loved?
What?
A girl with cojones.
[ Chuckles ]
Aah !
Ooh !
[ Both laugh ]
Aah !
- Aah ! - Oh ! [ Laughs ]
These are good , Frida. l love them .
Hmm .
And you were probably painting better when you were 1 2 .
[ Laughs ] That's nonsense.
l could never paint like this.
Oh .
l couldn't. l-l'm serious.
l paint what l see -- the world outside.
But you . . .
you paint from here.
lt's wonderful .
[ Chuckles ]
l can see why you're so successful with women .
[ Growls ]
[ Both laugh ]
We'll have to get married , you know.
What?
The thing is. . .
l think it's quite possible
that we were born for each other,
so we should marry.
But you don't believe in marriage.
Of course l do. l've had two wives already.
Exactly.
You can't be true to only one woman .
True, yes.
Faithful . . .no.
Unfortunately,
l'm physiologically incapable of fidelity.
- Oh , really? - Yes.
A doctor acquaintance of mine confirmed this.
What a convenient diagnosis.
ls fidelity that important to you?
Loyalty is important to me.
Can you be loyal?
To you?
Always.
Good .
Because l love you , panzon.
Fridocha.
l accept.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
What a beautiful bride you are.
[ lndistinct conversation ]
- You have to come in . - Don't touch me.
Oh , you think l'm going to, uh --
But he's divorced twice.
He's had God knows how many children .
And he's an atheist, Guillermo.
Perhaps you have forgotten ,
and forgive me for reminding you ,
but l am a German Jew, and you married me, remember?
Yes.
Hmm .
He's also a Communist.
A Communist who is generous enough
to pay off our mortgage.
lt's like the marriage of an elephant and a dove.
[ Slow instrumental music plays ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Door opens ]
[ Up-tempo jazz plays ]
[ lndistinct conversations ]
[ Laughter ]
[ Laughs ]
Your toe. [ Laughs ]
[ Laughs ]
lt's been a long time.
CRlSTlNA: l don't want to talk.
l told you l wanted you to come.
- l don't want to talk. - Please!
[ Crying ]
Please.
Cris-- Cristina!
Stay here!
[ lndistinct conversations ]
l give them . . .six months.
Six? [ Laughs ]
l give them two.
[ Glass chiming ]
l don't believe in marriage.
- [ Laughter ] - No, l really don't.
Let me be clear about that.
l think at worst it's a hostile political act,
a way for small-minded men to keep women in the house
and out of the way,
wrapped up in the guise of tradition
and conservative religious nonsense.
[ Laughter ]
At best, it's a happy delusion --
these two people who truly love each other
and have no idea
how truly miserable they're about to make each other.
[ Laughter ]
But. . .
when two people know that,
and they decide with eyes wide open
to face each other and get married anyway,
then l don't think it's conservative or delusional .
l think it's radical and courageous
and very romantic.
[ Crowd murmurs ]
To Diego and Frida.
ALL: Diego and Frida.
[ Singing in Spanish ]
Aah !
[ Glass breaks ]
[ People cheering ]
LUPE : You're crazy!
You know that?
You're crazy.
[ Chuckles ]
You son of a bitch !
TlNA: Who cares?
Ah !
You like these legs?
Oh , Lupe. Lupe, no.
You like those legs, Diego?
You give up these beauties. . .
for these matchsticks?
This peg leg?
[ Translation from Spanish ] Look! Look!
[ Laughing ]
- [ Straining ] - [ Straining ]
[ Laughing continues ]
[ Huffs ]
Viva la revolucion.
[ Grunts ]
Ay!
My mother was wrong about you , you know?
She said you were an elephant.
But you're not.
Elephants are strong and courageous,
and they defend their mates.
You are a toad . You even look like a toad .
And you look like a dog .
Dove! Dove! Did l say ''dog''?
No, l meant ''dove.''
You are my little paloma.
[ Sighs ]
[ Huffs ] What will people say about such a pair?
They'll have never seen a better match .
[ Smooching ]
Thank you .
For what?
For making a fat, old , crazy Communist a happy man .
[ Chuckles ]
Ohh .
[ lndistinct talking ]
[ Door opens ]
- [ Smooches ] - Sit. Eat.
Mi amor!
Mmm !
Good , huh?
Mmm !
What a wonderful morning !
Lupe's special recipe.
Well , you've mastered it.
[ Laughs ]
l can't cook to save my life.
She brought it down for us while you were sleeping .
- Brought it down? - Mm-hmm .
She's in the apartment upstairs with my kids.
l let her have it till she finds a place in town .
[ Sighs ]
[ Footsteps ]
[ Knocks ]
l'm not just passing through , you know?!
l'm here to stay!
ls that what you came to tell me?
l'm here to stay.
So stay out of my damn kitchen .
You like my mole?
[ Sighs ]
So-so.
Well , he lives for it.
So if you're here to stay, you better learn how to make it.
l was so angry.
He didn't come home for three days.
Pass me the cilantro.
So, l took two of his damn Aztec idols --
that he adores, you know. . .
[ Exhales ]
And l smashed the pieces of clay
in the boiling pot of beef stock
and told him it was sopa Azteca.
[ Translation from Spanish ] Liar!
Did he eat it?
He did .
Did he like it?
He loved it. [ Laughs ]
Of course, until he found out.
Then he got sick. He got furious. Oof!
[ Laughs ]
lt didn't make me feel any better.
And it definitely didn't stop him from cheating .
But what the hell?
BO Y: Mama.
[ Metal clangs ]
- Brute! - [ Crying ]
Get out!
LUPE : Come on !
Ven aqui.
Oh . . .
Marie.
- Come on . Let's go. - WOMAN : Si, senora.
Quit it.
Eh?
Time for your nap.
The other night. . . l was very drunk.
l know.
lt's all right.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
Ay, nina, Diego has never belonged to anybody.
He belongs only to himself.
And that, of course, is what makes him so desirable.
He's the best of friends and the worst of husbands.
[ Sighs ]
Diego will never be anyone's husband .
Not really.
We'll see.
You'll know it's over
when he gets the next commission out of town .
He'll say he'll send for you , then he never does.
Senora Rivera?
- Yes? - Yes?
- [ Chuckles ] - [ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
[ Clock chimes ]
[ Chuckles ] What do you think?
The tits lack. . .
gravity.
Oh , come on .
Eat your posole while it's still hot.
[ Sighs ]
lt's not like you to be late for lunch , Diego.
Uh , l was at the ministry
explaining why a history of the Mexican people
is an appropriate subject for the Mexican National Palace.
Again?
[ Sighs ] When l work, they scream about my politics.
When l don't work, they scream about the delays.
lt's a farce.
[ Sniffs ] Ugh .
[ Translation from Spanish ] Diego, son of a bitch !
That model , huh?
Yes.
[ Sighs ]
lt was just a fuck, that's all .
l've given more affection in a handshake.
[ Sighs ]
Well , that makes me feel so much better.
Was she good , at least?
Not very.
Too bad .
She had such a great ass.
When you get home, take a good bath .
We're going out tonight.
[ Translation from Spanish ] @ And now, yes, wicked witch @
@ You already sucked my son @
@ And now, yes, wicked witch @
@ And now you're going to suck him @
@ Your husband's navel @
@ And now you're going to suck him @
@ The witch grabs me, she takes me to headquarters @
@ She turns me into a flowerpot, and she feeds me @
@ The witch grabs me, she takes me to headquarters @
@ She sits me on her legs, and she gives me kisses @
@ Tell me, tell me, tell me, you @
@ How many creatures have you sucked? @
@ None, none, none, can't you see? @
@ l intend to suck you @
[ Music ends ]
[ People cheering ]
More tequila!
Rivera!
Hey!
Yeah , you .
You know what l think of you and your stinking murals?
Why don't you get the fuck out of here, huh?
This is a bar for workers, not for government whores.
Aah !
Aah ! Ah ha ha!
Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay! Ay!
[ People cheering ]
[ Singing in Spanish ]
DlEGO: l tell you , that kid was one of Siqueiros' boys.
Siqueiros is a hero to these fucks,
but what's he actually done? Nothing !
l put socialism on the government walls.
l've got the fascists calling me
the most dangerous subversive in the country,
and l'm the traitor to the party?
Soon we'll have no one left to drink with .
lt's not funny.
l'm not kidding .
Tina says they'll kick you out of the party
for the Palace mural .
They won't have to. l quit.
So you'll quit and keep on working .
That's all that matters to you anyway.
l've been offered a show in New York.
A solo exhibition at the new Modern Museum .
lt would be a wonderful entree.
l could get commissions out of it.
l thought you'd be excited .
They don't care that you're a Communist pig?
They can't afford to.
All the greatest painters are Communist pigs.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Sighs ]
That's wonderful , Diego.
When do you leave?
As soon as you decide to come with me.
[ Translation from Spanish ] Oh , my little monster!
We'll take Gringolandia by storm .
[ Boat horn blows ]
FRlDA: Dear Cristi ,
the invasion of Gringolandia has begun .
[ Gunfire ]
They are never gonna know what hit them .
New York has Diego on fire.
- [ Trolley bell dings ] - [ Siren wails ]
MAN : What's your impression of New York, Mr. Rivera?
DlEGO: Magnificent.
There is no reason why any artist born
in our two continents should go to Europe for inspiration .
lt is all here --
the might, the power, the energy.
The sadness.
The glory and youthfulness of our American lands.
FRlDA: l see the majesty that Diego sees.
But all that American comfort is a myth .
While the rich drink their coctelitos,
thousands are starving .
- [ Coins clinking ] - [ Cash register dings ]
Diego is working almost constantly
to prepare for his show,
so l have to find ways to entertain myself.
Aah !
[ Siren wails ]
[ Yawns ]
[ Roars ]
[ Screaming ]
MAN : Breaking all records,
over 50,000 people have lined up
outside New York's new Museum of Modern Art
to see the paintings of Mexico's greatest artist --
Diego Rivera --
[ Roars ]
. . .the most-talked-about man this side of the Rio Grande.
[ Swing music plays ]
MAN : Senor Diego Rivera!
[ People cheering ]
FRlDA: The gringos are friendly enough ,
but the most important thing in Gringolandia
is to have ambition --
to succeed in becoming somebody.
And the somebodies
are the only ones that interest them .
l despise this pretension .
This big shit interests me not at all .
Of course, Diego loves it.
He's like a big Mexican piNata with enough candy for everyone.
Everything about this country inspires him .
[ Swing music continues ]
[ lndistinct talking ]
Two loose eggs, hot cinnamon bun ,
two black coffees -- anything else?
- That's fine. - Thank you .
Okay.
Are you guys ready? Hmm?
[ Chuckles ]
[ British accent ] Well . . .
l never thought l'd hear myself say this. . .
but