Eva Doesn't Sleep
Latin American Cinema • Drama
Argentina, 1952: The death of Eva Peron sparks a 25-year clash between opposing military coups over the burial of her embalmed corpse, now a beloved and hated political symbol. Evita’s legacy is told through a series of strange incidents involving her deceased body - the expert doctor obsessively carrying out her embalming, an army colonel's secret mission to transport the body back to Argentina, and the kidnapping of a military dictator who is forced to reveal the corpse's location. Starring Gael García Bernal.
DIRECTED BY PABLO AGUERO
ARGENTINA | 2015 | SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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