RUMOURS

October 25, 2024

cate blanchett, charles dance, evan johnson, galen johnson, guy maddin, nikki amuka-bird, rumours

DISPATCH: RUMOURS
Words by JANE CROWTHER
Photographs by GREG WILLIAMS


Surreal political satire Rumours premiered at the Cannes Film Festival before travelling to TIFF and various festivals before landing in the UK’s capital this month at the BFI London Film Festival for a party hosted at Lasdun by Universal Pictures. Written and co-directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, it 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. But as night falls and their staff disappear the leaders discover their own fallibility and lack of agency – unless it’s a quick romp in the woods. The cast is as international as the characters: Cate Blanchett plays the German Chancellor, Charles Dance is POTUS (with an English accent, because – why not?), Nikki Amuka-Bird essays the UK PM and Alicia Vikander is the President of the European Commission who finds something mindbending in the mist…

Blanchett, Dance, Amula-Bird and their directors celebrated the UK bow of the film at a party attended by friends and colleagues. Greg Williams captured the fun…

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cate blanchett, charles dance, evan johnson, galen johnson, guy maddin, nikki amuka-bird, rumours, philipp kreuzer
cate blanchett, guy maddin, rumours

Rumours is released on 6 December



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