Everything is on track so that in a short time “Santa Evita” will be released, a television series that will narrate the life of Eva Duarte de Perón based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Tomás Eloy Martínez.” With so much desire and a lot of emotion I want to share this great challenge … Very soon they will be able to see #SantaEvita, a Star+ exclusive series, which focuses on an iconic character, but from an unexpected place. You’re going to see!” wrote Natalia Oreiro, the protagonist of the fiction that will be put in the shoes of the legendary former First Lady of the Nation.
In addition to Oreiro, the cast is joined by Argentines Darío Grandinetti such as Juan Domingo Perón, Diego Velázquez, Diego Cremonesi and Spaniards Ernesto Alterio and Francesc Orella, the famous protagonist of Merlí, the Catalan series that was all the rage in Argentina.
The plot will follow the life of Evita Perón through 8 chapters that will recreate as a biography but also with elements of fiction and even fanatical and supernatural effects his early death at the age of 33 from a cancer of the uterus and the subsequent fate of his embalmed corpse that was an anti-Peronist symbol after the coup of the Liberating Revolution.
Darío Grandinetti, Francesc Orella, Diego Velázquez, Ernesto Alterio and Diego Cremonesi
“Now we are still recording in Argentina and it is looking amazing!! I’m putting all my heart on it,” said the Uruguayan actress. Filming of the series began in mid-May 2021 in the province of Buenos Aires. One of the main stages is the Sans Souci Palace, located in the city of Victoria, which recreates the presidential residence.
Sans Souci Palace, located in the city of Victoria
The series, produced by Disney and Fox, will air exclusively on the streaming platform Star+. The direction will be in charge of Rodrigo García Barcha, son of the writer Gabriel García Márquez. Meanwhile, the executive production will be by international star Salma Hayek.
