Freak Show
Generation 2017
USA 2017
by: Trudie Styler
Freak Show
Generation 2017
USA 2017
by: Trudie Styler
Bette Midler
Freak Show
Generation 2017
USA 2017
by: Trudie Styler
Alex Lawther
Freak Show
Generation 2017
USA 2017
by: Trudie Styler
Laverne Cox, Abigail Breslin, Alex Lawther, AnnaSophia Robb
Feb 13, 2017Alex Lawther
The main actor of the US American film.
Generation – Freak Show
Feb 13, 2017Trudie Styler
The director of the US American film in 14plus.
Generation – Freak Show
Feb 13, 2017Charlotte Ubben
One of the actresses of the film in 14plus.
Generation – Freak Show
Feb 13, 2017Celine Rattray, Nicole Ihasz
Two of the producers of the film at the premiere.
Generation – Freak Show
Feb 13, 2017Trudie Styler, Alex Lawther
The director and the main actor of the US American film.
Generation – Freak Show
‘Being fabulous, no: being relentlessly fabulous is damn hard work. I should know. I've dedicated my life to the pursuit of it.’
Could Billy Bloom be like everyone else if he wanted to? It would certainly save him a whole lot of trouble. But he has absolutely no desire to be like them. When others call him theatrical, he takes it as a compliment; when his classmates feel provoked by his drive to be different, it only motivates him further. ‘The nail that sticks out gets hammered down’, his father warns him. That does not deter Billy from deciding to run for homecoming queen. Somewhere in-between David Bowie, Lady Gaga, Freddy Mercury and Oscar Wilde, in the transgressive space of pop culture and dressed up as a high school comedy with wit, heart and a dazzling cast, Freak Show is about the violence of conformity and the power of self-determination.
by
Trudie Styler
USA 2017
English
95’ · Colour
Alex Lawther (Billy Bloom)Abigail Breslin (Lynette)AnnaSophia Robb (Blah Blah Blah)Ian Nelson (Flip)Celia Weston (Florence)Willa Fitzgerald (Tiffany)Laverne Cox (Felicia Watts)John McEnroe (Coach Carter)Charlotte Ubben (Sesame)Mickey Sumner (Dr. Veronica Vickers)Michael Park (Principal Onnigan)Daniel Bellomy (Bo-Bo)Christopher Dylan White (Bernard)Walden Bryan Hudson (Bib)Larry Pine (William)Bette Midler (Muv)
Born in Bromsgrove, UK in 1954, she is an actor, director and producer as well as an environmental activist and an ambassador for UNICEF. After beginning her career as an actor in theatre and television, since the 1990s she has chiefly worked behind the camera, producing feature films including Guy Ritchie’s Snatch (2000) and Duncan Jones' Moon (2009), as well as documentaries. In 2011 she founded the production company Maven Pictures with Celine Rattray which has produced films such as Still Alice (2014) and American Honey (2016). Freak Show marks her debut as a director.
Filmography2002 The Sweatbox; documentary 2005 Wait; short film 2016 Freak Show
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2017
Maven Pictures