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Four of the best clowns of Salvador return to the place where they were initiated 15 years before to conduct an initiation process of a new clown. In addition to the memories of this experience and its consequences in Salvador's clown scene, the creative process of these artists is revealed in a metalinguistic environment, a tribute to the act of creating.
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