Rumours

Blanchett plays Hilda Ortmann, the German Chancellor, who is joined in the German town of Dankerode by the leaders of the other G7 nations: the USA, the UK, France, Italy, Japan and Canada. They are gathered to work together on a communique in response to a global crisis. And of course, this communique needs to be suitably vague, committing these world leaders to as little as possible. As the talks progress, historical regrets, blatant self-interest, and sexual tension all come to the fore. And then there are the Iron Age human corpses, eerily well-preserved in clay, that are reanimating. Guy Maddin (My Winnipeg, SFF 2008) and co-directors Evan and Galen Johnson emphasise the absurdities in this hilarious takedown of the political elite.