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Cate Blanchett Unearths Iron Age Corpse in Political Satire ‘Rumours’ Trailer


In 'Rumours,' Cate Blanchett stars as German leader and host of a G7 summit that turns eerie.

In the opening scene of the Rumours red band trailer, an archeologist unearths an Iron Age corpse, mummified with its severed penis hanging from its neck. As the summit host and German representative Hilda Orlmann, played by Cate Blanchett, describes the bog body, the G7 leaders in attendance can’t help but wince and give distasteful stares, with one global leader calling it “gruesome.” Following the ceremony, representatives of the world’s wealthiest democracies are stranded in the woods and chased by ancient bodies in a conference gone horribly wrong. In Rumours, which follows the seven leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, it’s Germany’s turn to host the G7 with the aim of drafting a statement on the vaguely described “global crisis.” Ean Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin direct the political satire, and cast members include Rolando Ravello, Charles Dance, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Takehiro Hira, Zlatko Burić, and Alicia Vikander.

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