A tribute to Frida Kahlo // FRIDA – STILL LIFE and FRIDA
On Sunday, November 17th, the Mexican Embassy and Films from the South invite you to an afternoon dedicated to Frida Kahlo at Cinemateket.
Program:
- 13:00 Film screening: FRIDA - STILL LIFE (Paul Leduc, 1983).
- 15:30 Monologue: A tribute to Frida Kahlo: «Frida, a Colorful Enigma» – performed by the Mexican actress Montserrat Ontiveros, followed by a screening of the film FRIDA (Carla Gutierrez, 2024). The monologue consists of text excerpts from the painter herself, two quotes by Carlos Fuentes, and a line by Joaquín Sabina, compiled by Maria José Caballero.
If you purchase tickets for both screenings, you can buy the tickets at the student price.
- Date: Sunday, November 17
- Time: 13:00-17:30
- Venue: Tancred, Cinemateket (Dronningens gate 18, 0105 Oslo)
- Language: FRIDA - STILL LIFE and FRIDA are in Spanish with English subtitles. Monologue: Spanish with Norwegian subtitles.
Buy tickets for FRIDA - STILL LIFE here.
Buy tickets for FRIDA and the monologue A tribute to Frida Kahlo: «Frida, a Colorful Enigma» here.
About Montserrat Ontiveros:
Montserrat Ontiveros is a Norwegian-Mexican actress born in 1960 and has lived in Norway since 2009. She studied theater at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has participated in several workshops – including at Roy Hart Theatre and Odin Teatret – and has received the Mexican Cultural Council's scholarship three times. During the pandemic, she established the theater group "Theater in the Garden" in Vest-Telemark to stage productions both in the region and internationally. She is a member of the Norwegian Actors' Equity Association and the National Association of Actors in Mexico.
The event is organized in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy.