The leaders of the G7 nations gather at a German castle for their yearly meeting, anticipating a predictable event filled with pleasantries and ultimately resulting in an inconsequential statement. However, things become strange when the Canadian prime minister, Maxime (Roy Dupuis), finds he can’t get another glass of wine. The staff has disappeared, and despite repeated attempts to summon them, no one appears—and da…

Effective satire requires precision, but this new film from Guy Maddin, alongside Evan and Galen Johnson, doesn't quite hit the mark, becoming a meandering, unfocused experience that somehow manages to blend messages and symbols that are both obscurely subtle and plainly obvious. The story unfolds at a G7 summit in Germany, where leaders from the host nation along with their counterparts from the United States, Canad…