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Cate Blanchett’s New Film ‘Rumours’ Is Named After the Fleetwood Mac Album: Its Characters Are ‘Creatively Fraught and Everyone Was Sleeping With Each Other, So It Made Sense’


Cate Blanchett's new film 'Rumours' took its name from the iconic Fleetwood Mac album, it was revealed at a Cannes Film Festival press conference.

The dark comedy, directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson, follows a group of world leaders who meet at the G7 — a political and economic meeting of the minds between Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States — but get lost in the woods while trying to compose a joint statement. At its premiere on Saturday night, “Rumours” earned a four-minute standing ovation as Blanchett blew kisses to the crowd. In addition to Blanchett, “Rumours” also stars Alicia Vikander, Charles Dance, Roy Dupuis, Denis Ménochet, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Rolando Ravello, Takehiro Hira and Zlatko Burić.

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