アルゼンチンの田舎に生まれたエバは15歳の時、タンゴ歌手の愛人となって貧しかった家を抜け出した。ブエノスアイレスに住みついた彼女は次々とパトロンを変え、ラジオの仕事から女優、国民的スターへと成長する。エバはやがて、陸軍大佐ペロンと知り合った。彼女は民衆にラジオで呼びかけ、投獄されてしまった彼を助け出し、“アルゼンチンの聖母エビータ”への道を歩き出す……。
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製作費: $55,000,000 (83億円)
興行収入: $141,047,179 (212億円)
推定収支: $86,047,179 (129億円)
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監督: アラン・パーカー
脚本: アラン・パーカー / Tim Rice / オリバー・ストーン
音楽: Andrew Lloyd Webber / Nigel Wright
制作: アラン・パーカー / Robert Stigwood / Andrew G. Vajna
撮影監督: ダリウス・コンジ
制作会社: Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures / Robert Stigwood Organization / Dirty Hands Productions
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 Banderas salvages anything from his authentic characterisation of the narrator "Ché" - but otherwise this is a good looking but lacklustre, episodically constructed, series of musical set-pieces that creates an overall feeling of - well, emptiness. Madonna's efforts fail to ignite any sense of the magnetism of this astonishing woman who went from brothel to Presidential palace in such a short time; it pays scant regard to the ruthless (and venal) nature of the prevailing politics of Argentina and in the end proves to be little more than a compendium of good/great songs set to well attired and produced videos. Some things are better left to the stage - and this is certainly one of those!
