A glowing brain, world leaders lost in the woods, a U.S President with a glaring British accent, oh, and bog men — mummies whose manhood has been severed and wrapped around their necks.
Such are the sundries of Guy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnson’s political comedy Rumours here at Cannes. The film, which world premiered Saturday night will get a stateside release from Bleecker Street, follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies at the annual G7 summit after they become lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
Said two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, who stars in the movie, at Sunday’s official press conference. “I think if you try to make sense of this movie, you’ll feel like you’re losing your mind.” Let’s start with the title.
The filmmakers say that financiers and producers at no point asked them what it signified. Why Rumours? RELATED: Cannes Film Festival 2024 Photos Well, it was named after the Fleetwood Mac album.
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