The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

Director
Guy Maddin

Main cast
Isabella Rossellini; Mark McKinney; Maria de Medeiros; David Fox; Ross McMillan

Genres
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music

Description
In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who thinks he's an American despite being Canadian; representing Serbia is his brother, Gavrilo the Great, who is succumbing to madness over the death of his son; and representing Canada is their father, a pathetic drunkard. As the competition builds toward its climax, these estranged characters are brought together to express their deep feelings of pain and ultimately give in to treachery.


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