Los Muchachos Revolution Circus

Los Muchachos Revolution Circus

El Circo de los Muchachos
Ended First aired 22/Nov/2024 Spain Spanish 1 season(s) 5 episode(s)
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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.
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Season 1 · Miniseries
5 episode(s) · Air date: 22/Nov/2024
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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.

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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.

S1E5
If All Men Were to Shake Hands…
Air date: 22/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 57 min
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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?

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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?

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The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the Days
Air date: 22/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 60 min
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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.

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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.

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S1E3
We Are the Children of the Earth
Air date: 22/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 54 min
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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.

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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.

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Children's Republic
Air date: 22/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 57 min
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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.

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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.

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A World First!
Air date: 22/Nov/2024 · Runtime: 49 min
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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.

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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.

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Guillermo Ramírez Zaragoza
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Daniel Pascual Malpartida
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Alicia Armenteros
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Fernando Marcilla
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Federico Taus
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Gaby Vila
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Hernán Pérez
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Andrea Dorantes
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José Luis Pina
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Beatriz Yáñez González
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Belén Dablanca
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Malena Vázquez
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Silvia Benito Álamo
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León Siminiani
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Alba Gargantilla
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