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Freaks Out

Genre

Period film, fantasy

Cast

Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max Mazzotta, Franz Rogowski

Directed by

Gabriele Mainetti

Freaks Out

Genre

Period film, fantasy

Cast

Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max

Directed by

Gabriele Mainetti
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Where it was filmed 'Freaks Out'

Gabriele Mainetti’s second film, Freaks Out, which is set in Rome and surroundings, also shot in Viterbo, Abruzzo and Calabria.

The film opens in piazza San Lorenzo, a medieval neighbourhood in Viterbo which served as Rome’s historic centre for the occasion. Here the Mezzapiotta Circus is giving young and old alike moments of magical wonder. Palazzo dei Papi and its scenic loggia can be seen behind the tent when a bomb ends the show with destruction and death: special effects reduce the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and its 14th century Gothic bell tower to ruins.

Having escaped the bombing by a whisker, the four circus performers – Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio, Mario – and their mentor Israel find shelter in earthquake-ruined Castelnuovo, a hamlet of San Pio delle Camere (province of L’Aquila), which provides the perfect setting for a war-torn location. Here they take the crucial decision to cross the ocean and start again, although their path promises to be tortuous.

A frame from the hill of Montecucco (fosso di Papa Leone), south east of Rome, provides a time stamp for the historical events of the story: in the distance are several buildings in Eur (the neighbourhood developed during the 20 years of Fascist rule). The Rationalist Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (or Square Colosseum) stands out in particular, its construction was interrupted in 1943 (and would only be completed after the war), the year the film is set.

The historical centre of Rome where the four search for Israel who has mysteriously disappeared is a strip of city between the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum and viale del Colle Oppio, the Theatre of Marcellus and the Monti neighbourhood, in particular via degli Ibernesi and via Baccina. In the nearby Ghetto, they witness Nazis rounding up Jewish inhabitants.

Soon after, the main characters’ paths separate. Matilde has a close encounter with two Nazi soldiers on the isola Tiberina: behind the soldiers is Ponte Fabricio, one of the oldest bridges in the capital which links the island to the Ghetto (the cupola of the synagogue can be glimpsed in the darkness behind). She manages to escape and is saved by a ragged group of partisans hidden in the beech forest of Soriano nel Cimino. Israel is in a truck full of soldiers crossing parco degli Acquedotti. Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are together at the sumptuous Zirkus Berlin, created in the 19th century forte Bravetta, in the Janiculum neighbourhood of Rome.

Tiburtina train station was recreated in Camigliatello Silano and the Sila mountain range accompanies the scenic path taken by the train transporting the rounded-up Jews to Germany.

Interior sets were built at Videa Studios on via Livigno.

Where it was filmed 'Freaks Out'

Gabriele Mainetti’s second film, Freaks Out, which is set in Rome and surroundings, also shot in Viterbo, Abruzzo and Calabria.

The film opens in piazza San Lorenzo, a medieval neighbourhood in Viterbo which served as Rome’s historic centre for the occasion. Here the Mezzapiotta Circus is giving young and old alike moments of magical wonder. Palazzo dei Papi and its scenic loggia can be seen behind the tent when a bomb ends the show with destruction and death: special effects reduce the Cathedral of San Lorenzo and its 14th century Gothic bell tower to ruins.

Having escaped the bombing by a whisker, the four circus performers – Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio, Mario – and their mentor Israel find shelter in earthquake-ruined Castelnuovo, a hamlet of San Pio delle Camere (province of L’Aquila), which provides the perfect setting for a war-torn location. Here they take the crucial decision to cross the ocean and start again, although their path promises to be tortuous.

A frame from the hill of Montecucco (fosso di Papa Leone), south east of Rome, provides a time stamp for the historical events of the story: in the distance are several buildings in Eur (the neighbourhood developed during the 20 years of Fascist rule). The Rationalist Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana (or Square Colosseum) stands out in particular, its construction was interrupted in 1943 (and would only be completed after the war), the year the film is set.

The historical centre of Rome where the four search for Israel who has mysteriously disappeared is a strip of city between the Archaeological Park of the Colosseum and viale del Colle Oppio, the Theatre of Marcellus and the Monti neighbourhood, in particular via degli Ibernesi and via Baccina. In the nearby Ghetto, they witness Nazis rounding up Jewish inhabitants.

Soon after, the main characters’ paths separate. Matilde has a close encounter with two Nazi soldiers on the isola Tiberina: behind the soldiers is Ponte Fabricio, one of the oldest bridges in the capital which links the island to the Ghetto (the cupola of the synagogue can be glimpsed in the darkness behind). She manages to escape and is saved by a ragged group of partisans hidden in the beech forest of Soriano nel Cimino. Israel is in a truck full of soldiers crossing parco degli Acquedotti. Cencio, Fulvio and Mario are together at the sumptuous Zirkus Berlin, created in the 19th century forte Bravetta, in the Janiculum neighbourhood of Rome.

Tiburtina train station was recreated in Camigliatello Silano and the Sila mountain range accompanies the scenic path taken by the train transporting the rounded-up Jews to Germany.

Interior sets were built at Videa Studios on via Livigno.

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Data sheet

Genre
Period film, fantasy
Directed by
Gabriele Mainetti
Cast
Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto, Giancarlo Martini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Max Mazzotta, Franz Rogowski
Country of production
Italy, Belgium
Year
2020
Setting year
1943
Production

Goon Films, Lucky Red, Rai Cinema, GapBusters

Awards
David di Donatello 2022: Best hairdresser to Marco Perna – Best photography to Michele D'Attanasio – Best scenography to Ilaria Fallacara – Best makeup to Diego Prestopino – Best visual effects to Stefano Leoni –Best production to Andrea Occhipinti / Nastri D'Argento 2022: Best Costume Design to Mary Montalto – Best Editing to Francesco Di Stefano – Best Production Design to Massimiliano Sturiale
Plot

Rome, 1943: Matilde, Cencio, Fulvio and Mario live like siblings in Israel’s circus. When Israel mysteriously disappears, perhaps in flight or perhaps captured by the Nazis, the four “circus freaks” are left alone in the occupied city. But someone has set their eyes on them, with a plan that could change their destinies... and the course of history.

The locations

Camigliatello Silano
Region: Calabria Type: Village Territory: Lake, Mountain
Beech Forest of Monte Cimino
Region: Lazio Type: Wood Territory: Mountain
Tiber Island – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Island Territory: Historical centre, City
Archaeological Park of the Colosseum
Region: Lazio Type: Archaeological site Territory: Historical centre, City
Parco degli Acquedotti – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Archaeological site Territory: City, Suburbs
Parco della Solfatara di Manziana
Region: Lazio Type: Park Territory: Countryside, Hill
Park of Villa Sciarra – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Park Territory: City
Rione Monti – Rome
Region: Lazio Type: Wealthy residential neighbourhood Territory: Historical centre, City
Rome
Region: Lazio Type: City Territory: Historical centre, City, Suburbs
Theatre of Marcellus – Roma
Region: Lazio Type: Ampitheatre Territory: Historical centre, City
Rione Sant'Angelo – Rome
Region: Lazio Type: Working class neighbourhood Territory: City

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