The fall film season is an odd one. Not only are we in a time when studios release big-budget films with A-list casts, but we also have festival favorites making their debuts in cinemas. And “Rumours” seems to fall in that latter category.
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As seen in the new trailer, “Rumours” tells the story of powerful politicians who come together for the annual G7 summit. While there, they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. But that is far from the only thing happening, as the film goes between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and soap opera.
The film stars Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Buric, and Alicia Vikander. “Rumours” is written and directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson.
We saw “Rumours” as part of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and in our review, we said, “Still, out of the many things one can call the strange little creature that is ‘Rumours,’ dull is certainly not one of them. 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.”
“Rumours” is expected to arrive in theaters on October 18. You can watch the new trailer 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.
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