"evita" is a 1996 american musical drama film based on tim rice and andrew lloyd webber's musical of the same name about first lady of argentina, eva perón. directed by alan parker and written by parker and oliver stone, the film starred madonna, antonio banderas, and jonathan pryce in the leading roles of eva, ché and juan perón respectively. rice and webber composed the film's musical score, while darius khondji was the cinematographer. vincent paterson created the choreography for the film and gerry hambling was responsible for editing. penny rose designed and created the period costumes for the film, and brian morris was the set designer.