Evita (The Documentary)
Encyclopedia
Evita is a documentary on the life of Eva Duarte created by Eduardo Montes-Bradley
. Conformed in its entirety with previously unseen historical footage and documents, the film reconstructs the life of former Argentine first lady from an unbiased perspective. The film starts with a meticulous background of Evita’s origins, the relationship with her parents (particularly that with her father) and siblings. Evita goes on to reveal intimate aspects of the protagonist early childhood and adolescence leading to her determination to flee from the countryside the capital city of Buenos Aires. Worth noticing on this last period are the interviews with former teachers of Evita’s elementary schooling in Junin, in Buenos Aires’s province. Throughout the film the director is constantly reminding the audience of the domestic and international context which greatly helps in understanding the facts. The second act of this documentary concludes with the funerals of the First Lady in Buenos Aires
, but the film goes beyond this point yet into a third act exposing the macabre plot to have Evita’s corpse disappear and the curious series of events leading to the exchange of cadavers between the so called Peronist youth and the military regime.
, in Charlottesville, on November 4, 2011.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
- Filmography :# Waissman Producer, Director. The Heritage Film Project. 2010. Produced by Soledad Liendo. Biographical documentary on the life and works of Argentine artist Andrés Waissman. TV premier November 23, 2010 WPBT Channel 2...
. Conformed in its entirety with previously unseen historical footage and documents, the film reconstructs the life of former Argentine first lady from an unbiased perspective. The film starts with a meticulous background of Evita’s origins, the relationship with her parents (particularly that with her father) and siblings. Evita goes on to reveal intimate aspects of the protagonist early childhood and adolescence leading to her determination to flee from the countryside the capital city of Buenos Aires. Worth noticing on this last period are the interviews with former teachers of Evita’s elementary schooling in Junin, in Buenos Aires’s province. Throughout the film the director is constantly reminding the audience of the domestic and international context which greatly helps in understanding the facts. The second act of this documentary concludes with the funerals of the First Lady in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, but the film goes beyond this point yet into a third act exposing the macabre plot to have Evita’s corpse disappear and the curious series of events leading to the exchange of cadavers between the so called Peronist youth and the military regime.
Film Festivals
"Evita" was screened at the Virginia Film FestivalVirginia Film Festival
The Virginia Film Festival is hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, held usually in late October/ early November.- Themes :The Virginia Film Festival has historically had a different theme each year...
, in Charlottesville, on November 4, 2011.