Rumours (2024 Film)
''Rumours'' is a 2024 black comedy film directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, and starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander. The film had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024. Premise World leaders meet at the G7 but get lost in the woods whilst trying to compose a joint statement on an unspecified global crisis. Beset by thick fog and menaced by undead bog bodies and a giant brain, they navigate the tortured passions between them. Cast * Cate Blanchett as Hilda Ortmann, the Chancellor of Germany * Alicia Vikander as Celestine Sproul, the Secretary-General of the European Commission * Charles Dance as Edison Wolcott, the President of the United States * Roy Dupuis as Maxime Laplace, the Prime Minister of Canada * Denis Ménochet as Sylvain Broulez, the President of France * Nikki Amuka-Bird as Cardosa Dewindt, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom * Rolando Ravello as Antonio Lamorte, the Prime Minister of Italy * ...
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Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, author, cinematographer, and film editor of both features and short films, as well as an installation artist, from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since completing his first film in 1985, Maddin has become one of Canada's most well-known and celebrated filmmakers. Maddin has directed twelve feature films and numerous short films, in addition to publishing three books and creating a host of installation art projects. A number of Maddin's recent films began as or developed from installation art projects, and his books also relate to his film work. Maddin is known for his fascination with lost Silent-era films and for incorporating their aesthetics into his own work. Maddin has been the subject of much critical praise and academic attention, including two books of interviews with Maddin and two book-length academic studies of his work. Maddin was appointed to the Order of Canada, the country's highest civilian honour, i ...
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