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The Saddest Music in the World

"If you're sad, and like beer, I'm your lady."

6.9/ 1020031h 40mR

ComedyDramaMusic

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.

Directed by Guy Maddin

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Isabella Rossellini

Isabella Rossellini

Lady Helen Port-Huntley

Mark McKinney

Mark McKinney

Chester Kent

Maria de Medeiros

Maria de Medeiros

Narcissa

David Fox

David Fox

Fyodor Kent

Ross McMillan

Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great

Louis Negin

Louis Negin

Blind Seer

Darcy Fehr

Teddy

Claude Dorge

Duncan Elksworth