Ahead of its theatrical release this October, Bleecker Street has shared a red band trailer, poster and images for Rumours, a genre-bending mash-up of political satire and apocalyptic horror.
Directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, the film follows seven leaders from the world’s most wealthy democracies as they come together to draft a statement on a global crisis and are faced with increasingly surreal obstacles as they become lost in the woods.
The film features an ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Buric, and Alicia Vikander. Watch the new trailer below…
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.
Rumours arrives in cinemas on October 18th.
