With a decent cast led by Cate Blanchett here’s the Rumours trailer.
Written and co-directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, RUMOURS premiered to widespread critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and has continued to receive praise at a variety of film festivals, including TIFF. This sharp, surreal comedy recently screened at the BFI London Film Festival a
RUMOURS follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. These so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realise they are suddenly alone.
Featuring performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett as the German Chancellor, Charles Dance as the President of the United States, Nikki Amuka-Bird as the UK Prime Minister and Alicia Vikander as the President of the European Commission. Shifting between sharp comedy and apocalyptic horror, this genre-blending satire on political ineptitude is the latest film from visionary directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson (The Green Fog), offering a darkly absurd exploration of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.
We caught a screening of this recently and its really not what you expect it to be going off into surrealist absurdity as the trailer hints at as well as a whole lot more.
Rumours is set to be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 6th December 2024
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Here’s the Rumours trailer….
