A retelling on the
Romeo and Juliet story, with the lovers' families at odds with each other over their different socio-political backgrounds. Hipolito's family is aristocratic and pro-
Hipólito Yrigoyen, who was twice president of Argentina and co-founded the
Radical Civic Union, a
social liberal political party; while Evita comes from a working-class background and a family that supports
Eva Perón and her husband
Juan Perón, who was three times president and gave his name to the political movement known as
Peronism, which in present-day Argentina is represented mainly by the
Justicialist Party. ==Cast==