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Verenigde Staten / Argentinië
Muziek / Drama
134 minuten

geregisseerd door Alan Parker
met Madonna, Antonio Banderas en Jonathan Pryce

De film, gebaseerd op de musical van Andrew Lloyd Webber en Tim Rice, vertelt het verhaal van Eva Duarte. Zij verruilt haar thuis voor Buenos Aires, samen met de zanger Agustin Megaldi. Uiteindelijk wordt ze de vrouw van president Juan Peron, en de held van het volk van Argentinië.

Nederlands instelbaar
Audio: Engels 5.1

Awards:
It was nominated for five Academy Awards and won the award for "Best Song" for "You Must Love Me". Evita had five Golden Globe nominations and three wins (Best Picture - Comedy or Musical; Best Original Song, "You Must Love Me"; and Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, Madonna) 


Production and casting:
Discussion of the film production began soon after the original 1978 London production was staged. Several actresses were considered for the role. At one point, Lloyd Webber favoured an actress of Spanish descent to play the lead role and suggested Charo. Then Meryl Streep was offered the role, but production was delayed. Meanwhile, Madonna had been campaigning for the part but when Parker was ready for filming, several people[who?] objected to Madonna playing the part. Cher, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Olivia Newton-John and Michelle Pfeiffer were rumored to be involved. Pfeiffer, who recorded a number of demo tracks, was almost cast, but director Alan Parker wanted to shoot the picture on location, not in Pfeiffer's preferred Hollywood sound studio. Patti LuPone was not offered to reprise her original role as Evita. As an actress in her forties she was deemed too old to play the part of Eva Peron. When the lead of Eva was announced, Madonna, Patti LuPone was asked to play the role of Eva's mother, but she declined.

Filming began on February 1996 and it finished in May. Midway through production, Madonna discovered she was pregnant with daughter Lourdes Maria Ciccone Leon who was born on October 14, 1996.