We are delighted to share the official press release for the new bat-sh*t-crazy apocalyptic Ari Aster-produced comedy RUMOURS – check it out below.
A FILM BY GUY MADDIN, EVAN JOHNSON, GALEN JOHNSON. STARRING: CATE BLANCHETT, ROY DUPUIS, NIKKI AMUKA-BIRD, CHARLES DANCE, TAKEHIRO HIRA, DENIS MÉNOCHET, ROLANDO RAVELLO, ZLATKO BURIĆ, AND ALICIA VIKANDER
Written and co-directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, RUMOURS premiered to widespread critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and has continued to receive praise at a variety of film festivals, including TIFF. This sharp, surreal comedy will screen at the BFI London Film Festival next month and is set to be released in UK and Irish cinemas on 6th December.
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. These so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realise they are suddenly alone.
Featuring uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett as the German Chancellor, Charles Dance as the President of the United States, Nikki Amuka-Bird as the UK Prime Minister and Alicia Vikander as the President of the European Commission. Shifting between sharp comedy and apocalyptic horror, this genre-blending satire on political ineptitude is the latest film from visionary directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson (The Green Fog), offering a darkly absurd exploration of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.
UK & IRISH THEATRICAL RELEASE ANNOUNCED AS 6TH DECEMBER FOR
RUMOURS
‘Bizarre and brilliant’
★★★★★
Robbie Collin, THE TELEGRAPH
‘Rumours is an off-beat comic delight’
★★★★
Lou Thomas, TIME OUT
‘Like the best comic fantasies, Rumours has more than a grain of tragic truth to it’
Leslie Felperin, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
‘Rumours”… is a welcome exception, scoring consistent belly-laughs with a mixture of broad goofball gags, puckish surrealism and more pointedly topical critique’
Guy Lodge, VARIETY
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