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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.
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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

 

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