Freaks (2019)

A young girl is being raised by her single father in isolation. She is taught that there is danger outside and that people are trying to kill her. They have a plan in case everything goes to shit -- she will take cash across the street and live with the family there. To this end, she is memorizing false details about her "life" so that she can fit in to normal society. But the ice cream man who's often parked right outside seems to have a plan of his own...

It took a while for me to understand what was going on. While sometimes that type of deliberate obfuscation can be frustrating, in this case it worked -- mainly because I didn't feel jerked around. But though it's well-told, it did feel derivative -- basically an X-Men type rip-off. Also, despite her young age, the actress in the lead is very very good.

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