“Rumours” is one of those films you don’t forget. It’s a wild, surrealist film about something deadly serious.
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As seen in the teaser for the film, “Rumours” tells the story of the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at an annual G7 summit. Whereas that might sound a bit dry, believe us, this is a film that is anything but boring.
The film stars Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Burić, and Alicia Vikander. “Rumours” is written and directed by the trio of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson.
We saw the film at this year’s Cannes, and in our review, we said, “There’s much pleasure to be had in watching the large-framed Ménochet wrestle a slimy ghoul inside an open grave or Dance deliver a melancholic monologue on the unbearable grief of not having been assassinated a la Kennedy. Plus, where else could you get Cate Blanchett initiating sex by asking a fellow sovereign to discuss issues of the ‘private sector?’ That alone is worth giving this one a shot.”
“Rumours” debuts in theaters on October 18. You can watch the teaser below.
Here’s the synopsis:
Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, 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. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.