{"id":58026,"date":"2026-10-08T13:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/?post_type=film&p=58026"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T11:01:33","slug":"freaks-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/www.sciencefictionfestival.org\/en\/film\/freaks-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Freaks Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
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Dopo aver vinto il premio Asteroide al Trieste Science+Fiction Festival nel 2018 con <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i> e aver diretto nel 2015 il blockbuster <\/span>Final Destination Bloodlines<\/span><\/i>, i registi Zach Lipovsky e Adam Stein tornano alle loro origini legate ai mutanti.
<\/span>Dopo una drammatica fuga, Mary e sua figlia Chloe vivono ormai da nomadi, nascondendo poteri e identit\u00e0 dall’Abnormal Defence Force, corpo di polizia paramilitare specializzato in spietati massacri. Mary \u00e8 pervasa dalla vendetta: vuole trovare Erica Lang, l’ufficiale dell’ADF che ha ucciso il suo primogenito nel tentativo di controllare Chloe, ora una ragazzina precoce e potente il cui desiderio di trovare degli amici finisce per scatenare il caos.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Freaks<\/span><\/i> won the Trieste Science+Fiction Festival Asteroid Award in 2018 and after directing the 2025 blockbuster <\/span>Final Destination Bloodlines<\/span><\/i>, co-directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein return to their mutant roots. After their traumatic escape, Mary and her daughter Chloe are now living on the road, hiding their powers and identities, and being hunted by the Abnormal Defence Force, paramilitary police that specialize in ruthless extermination. Mary is fuelled by revenge: to find ADF officer Erica Lang who killed her first child while trying to control Chloe, now a precocious and powerful tween whose longing for a friend causes chaos.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00ab<\/span>Nel mondo di <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i>, esistono persone con superpoteri, ma non supereroi. Avere abilit\u00e0 speciali in questo mondo non fa di te un eroe ma un bersaglio, etichettato come <\/span>freak<\/span><\/i> e condannato a morte. Poich\u00e9 i loro doni si rafforzano di generazione in generazione, i ragazzi con poteri speciali sono particolarmente temuti. Sono considerati “armi viventi di distruzione di massa” e uccisi a vista.
<\/span>Nel primo <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i>, Chloe \u00e8 una bambina di 7 anni che vive con il padre e desidera ardentemente ritrovare la madre perduta. Cinque anni dopo, in <\/span>Freaks Part II<\/span><\/i>, Chloe ha 12 anni e vive sulla strada con la madre.
<\/span>Ma ora ha un’et\u00e0 in cui non le importa pi\u00f9 passare del tempo con sua madre; vuole un’amica come lei. Ma come si fa a trovare un’amica quando il mondo intero ti vuole morta? <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i> \u00e8 s\u00ec una storia di superpoteri, ma non parla mai di dominare il mondo o di persone in costumi colorati. Parla di conflitti emotivi in una societ\u00e0 violenta: genitori disperati che cercano di proteggere i propri figli, gli ardenti desideri di bambini soli e i sacrifici che potremmo fare per amore. Abbiamo cercato di rinnovare il genere \u201csupereroistico” ed esplorare cosa potrebbe accadere davvero se nel nostro mondo improvvisamente ci fossero persone diverse perch\u00e9 dotate di superpoteri. Sarebbero celebrate come eroi? O prese di mira perch\u00e9 diverse?<\/span>\u00bb
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\u00ab<\/span>In the world of Freaks, there are people with powers but no superheroes. Having special abilities in this world doesn\u2019t make you a hero, it makes you a target, labeled a \u201cfreak\u201d and marked for death. Because their gifts intensify with each generation, abnormal kids are especially feared. They\u2019re considered \u201cliving weapons of mass destruction\u201d and killed on sight.
<\/span>In the first <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i> movie, Chloe is a 7-year-old girl living with her father and yearning for her lost mother. Five years later, in <\/span>Freaks Part II<\/span><\/i>, Chloe is 12 and she\u2019s been living on the road with her mother.
<\/span>But she\u2019s now at an age where she doesn\u2019t care about spending time with her mother anymore; she wants a friend like her. But how do you find a friend when the entire world wants you dead? Freaks is a kind of superpowers story, but it is never about world domination or people in colorful suits. It\u2019s about emotional struggles in a society full of violence: parents desperate to keep their kids safe, the intense yearning of lonely children, and the sacrifices we might make for love. We sought to rip the sheen and polish off the \u201csuperhero\u201d genre and explore what might really happen if our world suddenly had people who were different because they had super abilities. Would they be celebrated as heroes? Or targeted because they are different?<\/span>\u00bb
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Sceneggiatura \/ Screenplay
Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein<\/strong><\/p>

Fotografia \/ Cinematography
Stirling Bancroft<\/strong><\/p>

Montaggio \/ Editing
Sabrina Pitre<\/strong><\/p>

Suono \/ Sound
Dwayne Murray<\/strong><\/p>

Musica \/ Music
Tim Wynn<\/strong><\/p>

Effetti Speciali \/ Special Effects
Andrew Karr, Chris Boots Orchard<\/strong><\/p>

Interpreti \/ Cast
Amanda Crew,\u00a0 Lili Taylor, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lorelei Olivia Mote<\/strong><\/p>

Produttori \/ Producers
Zach Lipovsky, Adam Stein<\/strong><\/p>

Produzione \/ Productions
Wonderlab, Elevation Pictures, Chloe Pictures, Omnifilm Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>

Distribuzione Internazionale \/ International Distribution
Paramount<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Zach Lipovsky, Adam B. Stein
<\/strong>Nel 2018, hanno scritto e diretto il film indipendente <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i>, presentato in 40 festival cinematografici in tutto il mondo. <\/span>Freaks Part II<\/span><\/i> \u00e8 il sequel di quel film.
<\/span>Conosciuti dalle loro troupe come “Zadam”, i due registi hanno diretto il successo hollywoodiano dello scorso anno <\/span>Final Destination Bloodlines<\/span><\/i> per New Line Cinema. Zach e Adam si sono incontrati per la prima volta 19 anni fa come concorrenti del reality show di Steven Spielberg per aspiranti registi, <\/span>On The Lot<\/span><\/i>, e da l\u00ec \u00e8 nata una duratura amicizia e una proficua collaborazione.
<\/span>Stanno attualmente lavorando a diversi progetti a Hollywood, tra cui la regia di un film d’animazione su <\/span>Venom<\/span><\/i> per Sony Pictures Animation e la sceneggiatura del sequel di <\/span>Gremlins<\/span><\/i> per il regista Chris Columbus.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2018, Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein wrote and directed the indie film <\/span>Freaks<\/span><\/i>, which played at 40 film festivals around the world. <\/span>Freaks Part Ii<\/span><\/i> is the sequel to that film.
<\/span>Known to their crews as \u201cZadam,\u201d the directing team made last year\u2019s Hollywood hit <\/span>Final Destination Bloodlines<\/span><\/i> for New Line Cinema. Zach and Adam first met 19 years ago as competitors on Steven Spielberg\u2019s filmmaking reality show <\/span>On The Lot<\/span><\/i>, resulting in a lasting friendship and a successful directing partnership.
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