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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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Prime Video
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Season 1

  • A World First!
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    A World First!

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/22/2024

    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.

    Director: Elías León Siminiani

    Writer: Elías León Siminiani, Juan Alba

  • Children's Republic
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    Children's Republic

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/22/2024

    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.

    Director: Elías León Siminiani

    Writer: Elías León Siminiani, Juan Alba

  • We Are the Children of the Earth
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    We Are the Children of the Earth

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/22/2024

    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.

    Director: Elías León Siminiani

    Writer: Elías León Siminiani, Juan Alba

  • The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the Days
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    The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the Days

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/22/2024

    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.

    Director: Elías León Siminiani

    Writer: Elías León Siminiani, Juan Alba

  • If All Men Were to Shake Hands…
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    If All Men Were to Shake Hands…

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/22/2024

    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?

    Director: Elías León Siminiani

    Writer: Elías León Siminiani, Juan Alba