Rumours

Friday, November 22 until Wednesday, November 27, 2024Yukon Theatre

The leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods while drafting a statement on a global crisis, facing danger as they attempt to find their way out. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis (in a brilliant send-up of our own Prime Minister) Alicia Vikander, and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls and they realize they are suddenly alone. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the latest film from incomparable directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

One obviously unintiated Letterboxd reviewer questioned: "if this is Guy Maddin at his most commercial what the fuck does he normally make?" You're a Canadian. You've likely seen My Winnpeg, The Forbidden Room, Tales From the Gimli Hospital ,or The Saddest Music in the World so you'll know to sit back and enjoy the gonzo ride...

In English, French, German and Swedish with Engligh subtitles.

Recommended ages 14+ for mature themes and nudity.

Sporadically ingenious, occasionally chilling and entirely bonkers... - Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times