Los Muchachos Revolution Circus

A measured, reflective documentary that reconstructs a strange idealistic experiment and its unravelling through testimony and archive material.

Created by

León Siminiani

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Guillermo Ramírez Zaragoza, Daniel Pascual Malpartida, Alicia Armenteros

Overview

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.

How it feels

Measured and needs your attention.

About

Power, corruption, identity, family

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

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