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Los Muchachos Revolution Circus

Los Muchachos Revolution Circus

★ 6.6/10•2024•49m•PG13•Documentary
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In the 1970s, in the midst of Franco's dictatorship, a Spanish circus astonished the world: the Circo de los Muchachos, which was the visible face of Benposta, a children's republic run by Father Silva: the story of the rise and fall of one of the most unique utopias of the 20th century.

StatusEnded
Runtime49m
LanguageES
First Air DateNov 22, 2024

Episodes

Episode 1 - A World First!E149m

A World First!

Galicia, 1960s. With fifteen children and a motorbike, Father Silva creates Benposta, a city governed by children called upon to change the world whose message finds an unusual showcase that quickly triumphs worldwide.

Nov 22, 2024

Episode 2 - Children's RepublicE257m

Children's Republic

1970-1975: After disastrous beginnings, the Circo de los Muchachos achieves unprecedented international success and Benposta becomes an educational benchmark; but the children grow up and want to take an active part in its future, thus the Priest's leadership is questioned.

Nov 22, 2024

Episode 3 - We Are the Children of the EarthE354m

We Are the Children of the Earth

1975-1985: The Circo de los Muchachos tours the five continents in an unusual journey full of excesses and surreal experiences; while, in Benposta, far from the glamour of the circus, there are major difficulties: the Priest has been unable to keep up with the pace of democratic Spain and is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Nov 22, 2024

Episode 4 - The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the DaysE460m

The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the Days

1985-2000: Problems worsen when, in the initially successful Spanish Welfare State, Benposta runs out of children and the Priest has to go to America and Africa in search of new members; while an urban development plan threatens to destroy the utopia and a merciless war breaks out, pitting politics and the media against each other.

Nov 22, 2024

Episode 5 - If All Men Were to Shake Hands…E557m

If All Men Were to Shake Hands…

2000s: The former muchachos revolt to save Benposta or dethrone the leader, a fratricidal struggle that darkens the last years of the Priest. What remains today of that utopia?

Nov 22, 2024

Actors

Guillermo Ramírez Zaragoza

Child Narrator (voice)

Daniel Pascual Malpartida

Teen Narrator (voice)

Alicia Armenteros

Alicia Armenteros

Narrator (voice)

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