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Rumours.
It’s nice to think the G7’s septet of world leaders would be able to commit to a plan of action in response to a mysterious global crisis.
But in Bleecker Street’s surreal black comedy Rumours, German Chancellor Hilda Ortmann (Cate Blanchett) and her fellow heads of state are too busy losing their minds to get anything done as their summit is besieged by... horny monsters. The ghouls might actually just be protesters — you’re never meant to know for certain.
But you are meant to spot the kernels of reality baked into this batshit story.
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