Rumours had its world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 2024. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Plot
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 among them.
A German-Canadian production from Square Peg. Producers on the film are Liz Jarvis for Buffalo Gal Pictures, Philipp Kreuzer for Maze Pictures, and Lars Knudsen for Square Peg.[5]Cate Blanchett joined the cast in October 2023.[6] In January 2024, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance joined the cast.[1] Principal photography took place in Hungary in October 2023.[7] Filming locations also included Winnipeg in Canada.
Release
The film was selected to be screened out of competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 18 May 2024.[8] It was also selected for the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival 2024, where it screened under the World Cinema section.[9]
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80% based on 90 reviews, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The site consensus states "A brainy satire that has a ball turning the supposed adults in the room into helpless children, Rumours spins a one-joke premise into a sophisticated riot."[10]Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 70 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[11]
