''Do What You Want'', also known as ''When love comes'' (original title: ''Hipólito y Evita''), is a

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film directed by Orestes A. Trucco and starring

Raúl Taibo Raúl Jorge Tignanelli Mascaró (born 17 January 1954 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), known as Raúl Taibo is an Argentine actor, whose work has been mainly in television. In 1973 he played a title role in ''Hipólito y Evita'' and in 2014 starred i ...

, Amalia Scaliter,

Gilda Lousek Gilda Lousek (9 November 1937 – 29 October 1998) was an Argentine actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1956 to 1992. Filmography References External links * * 1937 births 1998 deaths Argentine film actresses 20th- ...

Ricardo Bauleo Ricardo Bauleo (30 August 1940 – 24 April 2014) was an Argentines, Argentine actor. He worked most on movies and television shows. His best known roles were in ''Blood of the Virgins'' (1967), ''The Curious Dr. Humpp'' (1969) and ''Los supe ...

. It was written by Salvador Valverde Calvo and shot in

General Rodríguez General Rodríguez is a city within the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for General Rodríguez Partido. The triple crime The Triple crime ( es, Triple crimen) to ...

Synopsis

A retelling on the

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

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 Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen (; 12 July 1852 – 3 July 1933) was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union and two-time President of Argentina, who served his first term from 1916 to 1922 and his second ...

, who was twice president of Argentina and co-founded the

Radical Civic Union The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...

, a

social liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

; while Evita comes from a working-class background and a family that supports

Eva Perón María Eva Duarte de Perón (; ; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 194 ...

and her husband

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...

, who was three times president and gave his name to the political movement known as

Peronism Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...

, which in present-day Argentina is represented mainly by the

Justicialist Party The Justicialist Party ( es, Partido Justicialista, ; abbr. PJ) is a major political party in Argentina, and the largest branch within Peronism. Current president Alberto Fernández belongs to the Justicialist Party (and has, since 2021, served ...

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