Overview

• Cate Blanchett plays Hilda Ortmann, a fictional German chancellor, in a satirical film set during a G7 summit disrupted by zombies.
• The film, co-directed by Guy Maddin with Evan and Galen Johnson, premiered at Cannes in 2024 and has now reached general release.
• Blanchett emphasizes that her character is not a parody of Angela Merkel but an exploration of female leadership in modern politics.
• The film mixes political satire, zombie horror, and melodrama, with absurd elements such as a giant brain and secret forest encounters.
• Blanchett critiques political dysfunction, contrasting it with the structured nature of filmmaking, while describing the movie as a blend of Scooby-Doo and Mexican soap opera.