Rumors Bleecker Street
One of the official selections of TIFF is the uncanny looking feature from Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson. "Rumors". Most of us have heard of the G7 summit and we know its a meeting of the most powerful democracies. What we see in the teaser of Rumors is what we think most film fans would imagine these things would happen at the meeting. Giant Brains. politicians falling into giant dark holes? This looks right up our alley and will be available courtesy of Bleecker Street on October 18th.
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.
Directed & Written by: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Buric, Alicia Vikander
Produced by: Liz Jarvis, Philipp Kreuzer, Lars Knudsen,
Executive Produced by: Ari Aster, Cate Blanchett
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