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