Before Madonna, before Evita, there was Little Mother. The story of Eva Peron (Evita) is by now legendary, having been publicized - and romanticized - by Madonna and others. Metzger's film version - made five years before the first stage production of Evita - focuses on Eva's use of sexual persuasion and conquest. In this Evita, the young seductress sleeps her way to the top of a nation, bedding important ministers and generals. When her new husband becomes President, she finally has all the power she craves - until her shocking downfall.