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Four circus freaks with superpowers find themselves trapped in Nazi-occupied Rome after their owner and father figure goes missing in the aftermath of the 1943 surrender of Italy to the Allies.
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| Release Date | 2021-10-28 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Directors | Gabriele Mainetti, Michele D'Attanasio, Alessio De Leonardis, Giuseppe Costantino, Matteo Carlesimo |
| Producers | Andrea Occhipinti, Gabriele Mainetti, Jacopo Saraceni, Mattia Guerra, Stefano Massenzi, Joseph Rouschop, Jean-Yves Roubin, Giuseppe Giglietti, Isabella Orsini, Paolo Del Brocco |
| Writers | Nicola Guaglianone, Gabriele Mainetti, Nicola Guaglianone |
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.
— MovieGuys