Miniseries
(2024)
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.
Cast
as Child Narrator (voice)
as Teen Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
Episodes
A World First! 0.0
November 22, 2024
Galicia, 1960s. With fifteen children and a motorbike, Father Silva creates Benposta, a city governed by children calle…
Children's Republic 0.0
November 22, 2024
1970-1975: After disastrous beginnings, the Circo de los Muchachos achieves unprecedented international success and Ben…
We Are the Children of the Earth 0.0
November 22, 2024
1975-1985: The Circo de los Muchachos tours the five continents in an unusual journey full of excesses and surreal expe…
The War That Poisons the Nights and Darkens the Days 0.0
November 22, 2024
1985-2000: Problems worsen when, in the initially successful Spanish Welfare State, Benposta runs out of children and t…
If All Men Were to Shake Hands… 0.0
November 22, 2024
2000s: The former muchachos revolt to save Benposta or dethrone the leader, a fratricidal struggle that darkens the las…