THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD

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• Release Year: 2003
• Genre: Drama; Music
• Plot: The dark days of the Depression set the stage for surreal black comedy in this 'intoxicating' (Time) musical melodrama from acclaimed director Guy Maddin. ; ; When a legless beer baroness (Isabella Rossellini) in Winnipeg announces a contest to find the world's saddest tune, a pint of trouble brews among a fractured family competing for the $25,000 prize. As the disturbing depths of the links between each other, the baroness and an amnesiac nymphomaniac are exposed, one thing becomes clear: It will take more than a pool of alcohol to drown their sorrows!
• Cast: Mark McKinney; Isabella Rossellini; Maria de Medeiros; David Fox; Ross McMillan; Louis Negin; Darcy Fehr; Claude Dorge; Talia Pura; Jeff Sutton; Graeme Valentin; Maggie Nagle; Victor Cowie; Jessica Burleson; Wayne Nicklas; Nancy Jane Drake; David Gillies; Daphne Korol; Adriana O'Neil; Jeff Skinner; Craig Aftanas; Miles Boisselle; Brock MacGregor; Daniel Hawkins; Emile Bisseck; Marol Jal; Binasio Wani; Joshua Stanton; Sharmela Parboji; Alan Parboji; Nalini Reddy; Veena Goel; Aasttha Khajuria; Mohyna Dookun; Lena Shah; Shyamala Dakshinamurti; Usha Sharma; Sunayana Gupta; Jesus Paz Sr.; Jesus Paz Jr.; Isaac Paz; David Paz; Johanna Paz; Richard Escaffi; Daron Baxter; Crystal Hay; Gail Hay; Gwen Court; Sara Leclair; Diane Leclair; Shona Munroe; Catherine Russell; Shannon Baxter; Jessica Locke; Corie Johnston; Shawna Turner; Xiao Nan Wang; Claire Marchand; Jim Shewchuk; Sheila Ghosh; Other Members of the Winnipeg Folk Arts Group; Erik Berg; Matthew J. Kok; Arthur MacKinnon; Adam McCort; Brent Neale; Jessica Smith; Kevin Yeboah; Guy Maddin; Kazuo Ishiguro; George Toles
• Director: Guy Maddin
• Runtime: 1:41
• Company: IFC, Buffalo Girl
• Media Format: Movie