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Evita

Movie · 1996 · 129 min

A sweeping, song-driven rise-and-fall spectacle that moves from smoky tango halls to balconies and funeral crowds, grand and melancholy.

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1996 film directed by Alan Parker
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Year
1996
Runtime
129 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • power
  • class
  • identity
  • death
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • musical
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical, musical
Directed by
Alan Parker
Written by
Oliver Stone, Alan Parker, Tim Rice
Starring
Madonna, Antonio Banderas, Alan Parker, Jonathan Pryce, Billie Piper, Andrea Corr, Gary Brooker, Jimmy Nail
Music
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cinematography
Darius Khondji
Runtime
129 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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