Viva Maria!
The world will never forget the two heroines who charged into battle undaunted, unafraid, and… undressed!
A vibrant, irreverent romp through revolution and circus life that treats political upheaval and female agency as occasions for comedy, spectacle, and camaraderie rather than solemnity.
1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.
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