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Freaks Out

  • 2021
  • 12
  • 2h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
7.9K
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Claudio Santamaria, Giancarlo Martini, Pietro Castellitto, and Aurora Giovinazzo in Freaks Out (2021)
Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are family when the 2nd world war hits Rome. Israel, the owner of their circus, disappears in the attempt to find a getaway overseas for them all. The four friends are in disarray. Without anyone looking after them but above all, without the circus, they lose their social placement and they feel only as sideshow attractions on the loose in a city at war.
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Rome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could... Read allRome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.Rome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are the main attractions of the "Mezza Piotta Circus" run by Israel, meanwhile someone starts looking for the four freaks with a plan that could change the fate of the whole world.

  • Director
    • Gabriele Mainetti
  • Writers
    • Nicola Guaglianone
    • Gabriele Mainetti
  • Stars
    • Claudio Santamaria
    • Aurora Giovinazzo
    • Pietro Castellitto
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    7.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gabriele Mainetti
    • Writers
      • Nicola Guaglianone
      • Gabriele Mainetti
    • Stars
      • Claudio Santamaria
      • Aurora Giovinazzo
      • Pietro Castellitto
    • 40User reviews
    • 74Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 36 wins & 21 nominations total

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    Claudio Santamaria
    Claudio Santamaria
    • Fulvio
    Aurora Giovinazzo
    Aurora Giovinazzo
    • Matilde
    Pietro Castellitto
    Pietro Castellitto
    • Cencio
    Giancarlo Martini
    • Mario
    Giorgio Tirabassi
    • Israel
    Max Mazzotta
    • Il Gobbo
    Franz Rogowski
    Franz Rogowski
    • Franz
    Francesca Anna Bellucci
    Francesca Anna Bellucci
    • Cesira
    Michelangelo Dalisi
    • Gambaletto
    Olivier Bony
    • Guercio
    Emilio De Marchi
    Emilio De Marchi
    • Wolf
    Eric Godon
    Eric Godon
    • Gus
    Sebastian Hülk
    Sebastian Hülk
    • Amon
    Anna Tenta
    Anna Tenta
    • Irina
    Christoph Hülsen
    Christoph Hülsen
    • Ben Schmidt
    Astrid Meloni
    Astrid Meloni
    • Donna scimmia
    Thomas Steinküler
    • Giovane nazista 1
    Matteo Simone
    • Giovane nazista 2
    • Director
      • Gabriele Mainetti
    • Writers
      • Nicola Guaglianone
      • Gabriele Mainetti
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    User reviews40

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    8mcolazilli

    Awesome start, could end better

    A really well told fable, a spaghetti superhero movie. Don't expect avengers or ironman like movie, here heroes have fears, hunger and they don't pretend to save the whole world, they are not superheroes, they are freaks! Give this movie a chance and you'll not regret.
    7irusvirus

    Don't have to hide from Hollywood!

    A really good movie that was a bit too long towards the end. 15 minutes less to the film not harmed. Above all, you have to mention the incredibly well-made special effects at this point! There was only one scene where the Uncanny Valley started. I could name dozens of new films, especially from Hollywood, which have a higher budget and worse effects. The whole topic around the Nazis is also fully covered from beginning to end, and I mean that in a positive and funny sense. The story itself is not insanely special, but manages to entertain. I give the film 7/10 stars and can recommend it well.
    7wjosephjorob

    Freaks vs. the Nazis

    A quite fantastical adventure that caught my eye out of curiosity, I went into watching this film blind without viewing a trailer, what wonderful surprise this film was in a good way, a rather odd but strange tale of a circus family of freaks caught up the horrors of WW2 and the evils of Nazism thru out the countryside, and how they grapple with being separated from one another, a mix of wizard of oz, X-men and Fellini, they meet various characters along the way in their journey both good and evil, this movie was rather long and some of the scenes dragged along, but it will hold your attention and that matters most, especially the second act of this film, when the drama takes a turn towards action, the war scenes were well staged and unedited as a matter of fact most of the violence was unedited but not in an extreme way, the Nazi army wasn't prepared for these hapless and uncanny heroes and their survival skills was put to good use, which I enjoyed a lot in a few scenes, if this film is available in your area, and you're in the mood for something entirely different than the normal, seek this one out.
    8steveatwal

    Amazing Movie!

    This was an amazing movie. Great acting, scenery, special effects, comedy as well as drama, and one of the best war fighting scenes I've seen for a while in the last 25 mins. Awesome!
    6charley_varrick

    Great start, weak development.

    It reminded me of what happened with Benigni's Pinocchio. Mainetti made us wait almost six years for his "cinecomic". He wants to repeat the call of his previous experiment. He opens with a dazzling incipit. Then almost everything derails. The increase in the means available - which prevented the immediate release in streaming - had to guarantee even more visionary than his last test. Unfortunately, the only revelation worthy of the other undertaking consists in the choice of the protagonist. There was Ilenia Pastorelli, here is the very young Aurora Giovinazzo. So far we are. Then, between a few empty passages and a smashing epilogue (reminiscent of the own goal of the final battle in the dark in the Games of Thrones) one gets more and more the impression of witnessing a long drawn episode of a fantasy TV series. It is recognized the good will to want to be different, at least in intent, from the Italian cinema of recent seasons. At the same time, by raising the bar of ambition, any appeal that could become cult again is inhibited: on this occasion, there is some politically incorrect idea or some Chaplinian tenderness but it is not enough to give freshness to Italian popular cinema. The "coming to age" journey of his gentle misfits - much more successful in Jeeg Robot - this time does not compete in depth with his obvious models (X-men, Guardians of the Galaxy, Suicide Squad). Claudio Santamaria, now elected as the director's alter-ego, is masked in Chewbacca style, despite being the only star of appeal (together, perhaps, with Giorgio Tirabassi). One wonders why Luca Marinelli has not returned as the villain.

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    • Trivia
      During the end credits, among the many drawings of the future left by Franz, an image of Jeeg Robot can be seen. Mainetti's first film is "Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot".
    • Connections
      References Le Magicien d'Oz (1939)
    • Soundtracks
      Faccetta nera
      Written by Renato Micheli, Mario Ruccione, Giuseppe Micheli, Vincenzo Raimondi, Arnaldo Stazzonelli

      Edizioni musicali Bixio C.E.M.S.A.

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    • Release date
      • March 30, 2022 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Belgium)
      • Official site (Italy)
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • German
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Les Freaks sont lâchés
    • Filming locations
      • Camigliatello Silano, Spezzano della Sila, Cosenza, Calabria, Italy(Train station)
    • Production companies
      • Goon Films
      • Lucky Red
      • Rai Cinema
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    • Budget
      • €13,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,279,079
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 21 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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