The leaders of seven wealthy democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.

Cate Blanchett’s German accent makes a riotous return in this gleefully surreal political satire, codirected by Canadian iconoclast Guy Maddin. Derailing bureaucratic drivel with supernatural phenomena and erotic hijinks, Rumours brings a blow torch to the absurdity of diplomatic proceedings.