FILM
RUMOURS
NOT AFFILIATED WITH FLEETWOOD MAC
They hoped the situation wouldn’t get too out of hand.
Below:
“Can I pick your brain?”
★★★
OUT 6 DECEMBER / CERT 15 / 104 MINS
DIRECTORS
Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
CAST
Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance
PLOT
In the midst of a crisis, world leaders gather for the G7 summit — only to be menaced by bizarre forces.
WHAT COULD BE stranger than the hollow pomp of neoliberal politics in the face of Armageddon? While crafting this cheerfully bonkers satire, Canadian co-directors Guy Maddin and Evan and Galen Johnson became fascinated by real footage of G7 leaders coming across a puddle and awkwardly negotiating walking around it. This miniature farce didn’t exactly offer much hope for the future of humanity.