Juan y Eva

2011 Argentine film

September 15, 2011 (2011-09-15) (Buenos Aires)

Running time

110 minutesCountryArgentinaLanguageSpanish

Juan y Eva (Spanish: Juan and Eva) is a 2011 Argentine movie based on the relationship between Argentine president Juan Perón and his wife Eva Perón, founders of the Justicialist movement. It features Osmar Nuñez as Juan Perón and Julieta Díaz as Eva Perón. The film was directed by Paula de Luque and produced by Barakacine, Dida Films, and Fundación Octubre, among other companies and NGOs^[1] during the peronist government of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Plot

The story is based on the first meeting of Juan Perón and Eva Perón, during a fundraising for the recent 1944 San Juan earthquake, and their growing relation. The plot avoids the controversial political topics related to peronism, and focused instead in a romantic plot.^[2]

Cast

Osmar Núñez as Juan Perón
Julieta Díaz as Eva Perón
Alberto Ajaka as Juan Duarte
Pompeyo Audivert as Edelmiro Farrell
Sergio Boris as Domingo Mercante
María Laura Cali as María Aurelia Tizón
Alfredo Casero as Spruille Braden

Reception

The Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner promoted the movie during a speech in Merlo.^[3]

References

^ https://www.filmaffinity.com/ar/fullcredits.php?movie_id=975264
^ Paula de Luque “No quise hacer una película partidaria ni política sino contar una historia de amor” Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
^ La Presidenta: "No sé si algún día alguien hará una película con Cristina como protagonista" (in Spanish)