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14/12/1996 History, Drama 2h 15m
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Unforgotten, forever loved and adored.

Overview

The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, an Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.

  1. Alan Parker

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Madonna

    Eva Perón

  2. Antonio Banderas

    Ché

  3. Jonathan Pryce

    Juan Perón

  4. Jimmy Nail

    Agustín Magaldi

  5. Victoria Sus

    Doña Juana

  6. Julian Littman

    Brother Juan

  7. Olga Merediz

    Blanca

  8. Laura Pallas

    Elisa

  9. Julia Worsley

    Erminda

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-12-25
So if you know anything about the history of the rise of Perón in Argentina, and/or have seen the excellent theatrical performance of Rice and Lloyd Webber's "Evita" then you will already have the basis for this really rather poor big screen adaptation of both. Madonna is not much of an actress and though her voice manages the songs well enough, her on-screen persona here just falls flat. She is not helped much by a poorly cast Jonathan Pryce as her president - and frankly rather insipid - husband and by the terribly wooden Jimmy Nail as journeyman singer "Magaldi". Perhaps only Antonio Bande...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$55,000,000.00

Revenue
$141,047,179.00

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