Los Muchachos Revolution Circus — Season 1, Episode 2: Children's Republic
Documentary • 57 min • 1 season, 5 episodes • ★ 6.6/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Los Muchachos Revolution Circus
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.