Freaks Out

Unrated

4/28/20232h 21m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

Overview:

Four super-powered circus freaks find themselves trapped in war-torn Rome after their foster father is captured by the Nazis.

Director:

Gabriele Mainetti

Status:

Released

Language:

Italian

Buget:

$12,000,000.00

Revenue:

$3,279,079.00

Key words:

circus
world war ii
anti-nazi resistance
nazi invasion
freaks
hidden powers
nazi occultism
italian resistance

Cast

Claudio Santamaria

~ as ~

Fulvio

Aurora Giovinazzo

~ as ~

Matilde

Pietro Castellitto

~ as ~

Cencio

Giancarlo Martini

~ as ~

Mario

Giorgio Tirabassi

~ as ~

Israel

Max Mazzotta

~ as ~

The Hunchback

Franz Rogowski

~ as ~

Franz

Éric Godon

~ as ~

Gus

Emilio De Marchi

~ as ~

Wolf

Anna Tenta

~ as ~

Irina

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Reviews (1)

M
MovieGuys
Written 3 year(s) ago
9
Strangely stylish and inexplicably sentimental, with a humanist vibe. That's the feeling Freaks Out left me with.

There's a really nostalgic feel to this film. It captures a fading world of colourful carnivals and the dubiously named, freak shows, under threat from a Fascist ideology that rejects anyone who is "different".

Its underlying message is one of tolerance, forgiveness and acceptance, tempered by the need to protect the vulnerable from persecution.

Special effects are superb, the story's suitably off beat and affectionately zany and the action is polished.

An eccentric super hero tale, that's definitely worth a look.