Evita

Madonna, in a Golden Globe-winning performance, stars in this biographical musical as Evita Duarte, the B-movie actress who rose to fame from the murkiness of childhood poverty. Going on to marry Argentina’s president Juan Perón (Jonathan Pryce, Brazil), Evita polarised the nation. Based on the musical by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Co-stars Antonio Banderas and directed by Alan Parker, responsible for other well-known musicals Fame, The Commitments and Bugsy Malone.