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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00:00This is a very exciting find.
00:08So what is this?
00:09It's quite gruesome.
00:11This is an example of what we call bog bodies, mummified from the Iron Age.
00:15You see his penis has been severed and hung around his neck.
00:19Sounds like a man to me.
00:27The esteemed leaders of each of these great nations.
00:30We are also here to produce a draft of a provisional statement regarding
00:33the present crisis. We should not forget that.
00:35It is important to say what we mean.
00:37Yes, of course.
00:38People look to us to provide clarity.
00:40He feels the burden of leadership.
00:42You can't solve all of Canada's problems.
00:46I could use a drink.
00:49Hello?
00:54Where's everybody?
00:55I don't know.
00:57What happened?
00:59I believe we are in a crisis.
01:01We already knew that.
01:02Why are you covered in mud?
01:09There was the bodies on the ground.
01:11And it attacked him?
01:12What were they then?
01:14Terrorists?
01:15They loomed threateningly.
01:16Protestors.
01:17That's what I thought too at first.
01:21We have been abandoned.
01:23It doesn't make any sense.
01:25No one is coming.
01:27Something apocalyptic has occurred.
01:32It's the dark ending our species deserves.
01:36I understand you're upset.
01:39Run!
01:40You seem tense.
01:41Do you think a massage might help?
01:43This happens every time he drinks.
01:46I love strong women.
01:47I love them too much.
01:49I do tend to get a little caught up in the dramatics.
01:52Germany caught up in the dramatics.
01:54We've seen this before.
01:57What is this large brain?
01:59A woman's brain, I would say.
02:04She can only speak gibberish.
02:08Swedish.
02:09She's just speaking Swedish.