Freaks Out (2021)
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.
- Alessio De Leonardis
- Livia Menichelli
- Giuseppe Costantino
- Gabriele Mainetti
- Nicola Guaglianone
- Nicola Guaglianone
- Gabriele Mainetti
Rating: 7.3/10 by 876 users
Alternative Title:
Отчаянные фрики - RU
Freaks Vs. The Reich - US
Freaks vs. The Reich - GB
Country:
Belgium
Italy
Language:
Deutsch
Français
Italiano
Runtime: 02 hour 21 minutes
Budget: $12,000,000
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: circus, world war ii, anti-nazi resistance, nazi invasion, freaks, hidden powers, nazi occultism, italian resistance
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.
