An American, a Frenchman, and an Italian meet. A joke, or a serious political meeting? Here it is the latter. Several G7 leaders have come together to deal with an unspecified crisis. But the Frenchman always wants to be right, the Canadian seems to be suffering from existential gloom, and the American president, overwhelmed by age and dinner, is constantly asleep. Not to mention the reanimated archeological finds, the giant brain hidden in the woods, and the annoying fog that keeps the politicians from their work and limits their perspective. This dark comedy, co-directed by legendary Canadian oddball Guy Maddin, had audiences laughing out loud at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Anna Kořínek
109 min / Color, DCP
Director Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin
/ Screenplay Evan Johnson
/ Dir. of Photography Stefan Ciupek
/ Music Kristian Eidnes Andersen
/ Editor Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, John Gurdebeke
/ Art Director Zosia Mackenzie
/ Producer Liz Jarvis, Lars Knudsen, Philipp Kreuzer
/ Production Maze Pictures
/ Coproduction Buffalo Gal Pictures, Thin Stuff Productions, Walking Down Broadway, Square Peg
/ Cast Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Charles Dance, Takehiro Hira, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello, Zlatko Burić, Alicia Vikander
/ Sales Protagonist Pictures
Evan Johnson (1983, Winnipeg, Canada), Galen Johnson (1981, Winnipeg, Canada), Guy Maddin (1956, Winnipeg, Canada). Joint filmography: Elms (2014, short), Colours (2014, short), Cold (2014, short), The Forbidden Room (2015), Bring Me the Head of Tim Horton (2015, doc., short), Accidence (2018, short), Rumours (2024).
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