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Freaks (2018)

Freaks poster
Directed by
Adam Stein, Zach Lipovsky
Genre
drama film, horror film, science fiction film
Country
United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 1,292 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A seven-year-old girl has been kept inside her home by her father her whole life. She leaves home for the first time and discovers the outside world.

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What happens

Freaks is a 2018 science fiction thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein, and starring Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park, Amanda Crew and Lexy Kolker. The film follows a seven-year-old girl (Kolker) who leaves her home for the first time after being kept inside by her father (Hirsch). The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2018, and was released commercially in North America on September 13, 2019, by Well Go USA Entertainment. It received positive reviews, with praise for Kolker's performance. A sequel film, Freaks Part II, is slated to premiere in 2026 as the closing film of the 30th Fantasia International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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