End of the shooting of Costa Rican film “Dos Fridas”
The shooting of Costa Rican director Ishtar Yasin´s film “Dos Fridas” ended on September 15th. The movie is a co-production between Costa Rica and Mexico and its main character is the renowned actress Maria de Medeiros in the role of Judith Ferreto. This feature film project is produced by Producciones Astarté in co-production with Luis Javier Castro and Romano Films. It has the support of Ibermedia, El Fauno (Costa Rican Film Fund) and Proartes, Centro de Producción Cinematográfica de Costa Rica, Universidad de la Comunicación of Mexico City , the Government of Guerrero and the Comisión de Filmaciones, among other important supports.
“Dos Fridas” is inspired in the true story of Judith Ferreto, the Costa Rican nurse who took care of Frida Kahlo during the last years of her life. It proposes a time where past and present are interwoven in the memory of the main character. She revives the remembrances with Frida before her death in Costa Rica and travels to the underworld where she meets characters of other time.
The international cast was composed by (in alphabetical order): Alma Uribe, Alondra Yasin Moyano, Ángeles Cruz, Claudia Santiago, Cuauhtli Jiménez, Diana Lein, François Durègne, Gabriela Guraieb, Grettel Méndez, Ignacio Velasco, Ishtar Yasin, Jesai James, José Sefami, Luis de Tavira, Mauricio Jiménez, Maxim Baboshkin, Micol Espósito, Mikhail Shatin, Milena Picado Rossi, Tatiana Leshcheva, Yulleni Pérez, Vicky Montero.
The shooting started on August 15th and took place in a house in Mexico City, in the Clínica Prensa and Taxco in the Cacahuamilpa caverns and the San Juan Bautista Ranch
Title
“Dos Fridas”
Gender
Fiction, feature film
Language
Spanish
Production company
Producciones Astarté
Direction and production
Ishtar Yasin
Co-production Costa Rica
Luis Javier Castro
Co-production Mexico
Romanos Films
Direction of Production
Ixchel Coutiño and Belem Castro
Line Production
Belén Castro
With the support of
Elena Gutiérrez, Magacine/ Ruth Sibaja
Original story/script
Ishtar Yasin
Script consultant
Clara Albinati
With the special colaboration
Li Sáenz
With the support of the history investigator
Martha Zamora
With the special support
Kahlo Family
Direction of Photography
Mauro Herce
Direct sound
Rodrigo Lira
Production Design
Alisarine Ducolomb
Music
Alex Catona
Coreography
David Calderón
Location
México
Date of shooting
August/September 2016
The shooting of Costa Rican director Ishtar Yasin´s film “Dos Fridas” ended on September 15th. The movie is a co-production between Costa Rica and Mexico and its main character is the renowned actress Maria de Medeiros in the role of Judith Ferreto. This feature film project is produced by Producciones Astarté in co-production with Luis Javier Castro and Romano Films. It has the support of Ibermedia, El Fauno (Costa Rican Film Fund) and Proartes, Centro de Producción Cinematográfica de Costa Rica, Universidad de la Comunicación of Mexico City , the Government of Guerrero and the Comisión de Filmaciones, among other important supports.
“Dos Fridas” is inspired in the true story of Judith Ferreto, the Costa Rican nurse who took care of Frida Kahlo during the last years of her life. It proposes a time where past and present are interwoven in the memory of the main character. She revives the remembrances with Frida before her death in Costa Rica and travels to the underworld where she meets characters of other time.
The international cast was composed by (in alphabetical order): Alma Uribe, Alondra Yasin Moyano, Ángeles Cruz, Claudia Santiago, Cuauhtli Jiménez, Diana Lein, François Durègne, Gabriela Guraieb, Grettel Méndez, Ignacio Velasco, Ishtar Yasin, Jesai James, José Sefami, Luis de Tavira, Mauricio Jiménez, Maxim Baboshkin, Micol Espósito, Mikhail Shatin, Milena Picado Rossi, Tatiana Leshcheva, Yulleni Pérez, Vicky Montero.
The shooting started on August 15th and took place in a house in Mexico City, in the Clínica Prensa and Taxco in the Cacahuamilpa caverns and the San Juan Bautista Ranch
Title
“Dos Fridas”
Gender
Fiction, feature film
Language
Spanish
Production company
Producciones Astarté
Direction and production
Ishtar Yasin
Co-production Costa Rica
Luis Javier Castro
Co-production Mexico
Romanos Films
Direction of Production
Ixchel Coutiño and Belem Castro
Line Production
Belén Castro
With the support of
Elena Gutiérrez, Magacine/ Ruth Sibaja
Original story/script
Ishtar Yasin
Script consultant
Clara Albinati
With the special colaboration
Li Sáenz
With the support of the history investigator
Martha Zamora
With the special support
Kahlo Family
Direction of Photography
Mauro Herce
Direct sound
Rodrigo Lira
Production Design
Alisarine Ducolomb
Music
Alex Catona
Coreography
David Calderón
Location
México
Date of shooting
August/September 2016
