Rumours
Short description
Rumours is a comedy, fantasy and horror film about the leaders of the world's wealthiest democracies, who gather for their annual G7 summit at a castle in Germany. While working on a provisional statement about a global crisis, the heads of state and government settle into a gazebo at the edge of a forest, then discover that the staff around them have vanished and their phones have lost signal. Attempting to return to the castle, the seven politicians wander deeper into woods that prove full of peril, all while continuing to work on the text of their declaration.
The film is directed by Guy Maddin alongside Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, with Maddin and Evan Johnson also credited as writers. It follows Maddin's Careful (1992) and My Winnipeg (2008) in his filmography. Cate Blanchett plays Hilda Orlmann, and the cast includes Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira and Denis Ménochet. It is a co-production involving Germany, Hungary, Canada and the United States.
The film received a 6.2 out of 10 film critics' rating from 127 reviews, notably higher than its audience scores: 4.8 out of 10 on IMDb from around 6,200 votes and 4.9 out of 10 on TMDB from 119 votes. That gap suggests critics found more to value in the film than general viewers did.
What's left behind the scenes
- Charles Dance was specifically instructed to emphasize his British accent, even though he was playing the President of the United States. Directors Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin later revealed that they had made this decision a long time ago, although the actor could, if necessary, speak in a way that would pass him off as a native American. Various reasons were given for this decision, but it ultimately came down to the directors wanting to somehow surprise the audience and make their characters act in an unconventional way. Charles Dance himself insisted on including a scene in the plot where his character, the President of the United States, explains why he speaks like a native of Great Britain. The filmmakers shot the scene and almost immediately cut it from the film.
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