The Saddest Music in the World
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Guy Maddin
Isabella Rossellini
Mark Mckinney
Maria De Medeiros
David Fox
Ross Mcmillan
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It's 1933 in Winnipeg and the Great Depression is in full bloom. Beer Baroness Lady Port-Huntly announces a global competition to determine the saddest music in the world, and musicians from across the globe pour into town to vie for the whopping $25,000 prize. Sobbing Mexican Mariachis, dour Scottish Bagpipers, woeful West African drummers and numerous other grief-stricken ensembles give it their all. Down-on-his-luck Broadway producer Chester Kent and his amnesiac girlfriend Narcissa return home to his native Winnipeg as the United States entry in the contest. He soon finds himself embroiled in a family reunion as treacherous and twisted as the competition itself. Ultimately, a cataclysmic fire and the machinations of fate sort matters out for the sad characters and the denizens of the saddest city on earth.
Director
Guy Maddin
Cast
Isabella Rossellini
Mark Mckinney
Maria De Medeiros
David Fox
Ross Mcmillan
Louis Negin
Darcy Fehr
Claude Dorge
Talia Pura
Jeff Sutton
Graham Valentine
Maggie Nagle
Victor Cowie
Jessica Burleson
Wayne Nicklas
Nancy Drake
David Gillies
Daphne Korol
Adriana O'neil
Jeff Skinner
Craig Aftanas
Miles Boiselle
Brock Macgregor
Daniel Hawkins
Crew
James Alexander
Lorne J Allen
Ricardo Alms
Aaron Anderson
Stephen Arndt
Sarah Baird
Don Baker
William Baker
Dominique Balcaen
Dominique Balcaen
Francois Balcaen
Garry Barringer
Lindsey Bart
Dean Batiuk
Don Benedictson
Ryan Beresford
Ryan Berzuk
Sheree-rae Betker
Alison Bile
Emile Bisseck
Brenda Blake
Brenda Blake
Carolyn Bradshaw
Lloyd Brandson
Miye Bromberg
John Buchan
Matt Cahill
Jason L Campbell
Jim Campbell
Tyson Caron
Ian Chalmers
John Chalmers
Matthew Chalmers
John Clarke
Shane Clements
Shawna Conner
Sofia Costantini
Eliot Crackower
Lisa Craik
Greg Crawford
Sarah Jane Cundell
Denys Curle
Gabriel Daniels
Boris Danyliuk
Matthew Davies
Maria De Medeiros
James De Vlieger
Christopher Dedrick
Sandy Dedrick
Colette Desjardins
Buddy G Desylva
Kelly Ditz
Anne Dollack
Michael Drabot
Jean Du Toit
Danielle Dumesnil
Paula Dunfield
Russ Dyck
Atom Egoyan
Martin Ellis
Robert Enright
Nadine Falk
Niv Fichman
Yuval Fichman
Diane Forsyth
David Fox
Jason Fox
Kerry Fraser
Isaac Friesen
Matthew Friesen
Melanie Dawn Fuerst
John Furniotis
Marc Gagnon
Eileen Gano
Greg Gardner
Mark Gebel
Anastasia Geras
Jason Gibbs
Jason Glesby
Russell T Glesby
Wayne Glesby
Gisele Gordon
L Christian Goulet
Gary Gray
Gary Gray
Gary Gray
Gary Gray
Catherine Green
Don Greenberg
Gary Grey
Gary Grey
William Grosz
Charles Gustafson
Ruben Guzman
Ruben Guzman
Beverly A Hamilton
Oscar Hammerstein Ii
Frances Hans
Casey Harrison
Ediena Hawkes
Christopher Hawkins
Jim Heber
Jason Heke
Erin Hershberg
Ronayne Higginson
Ronayne Higginson
Dallas Hollett
Matt Holm
Matthew Holm
Joao Lutz Holowka
Scott Hopper
Simon Hughes
Daniel Iron
Kazuo Ishiguro
Marol Jal
Mike Jansen
Scott Jaworski
Al Jolson
Michael Jurkow
Brian Karn
Jimmy Kennedy
Jerome Kern
Philippa King
Darcy Kite
Peter Korsitke
Steve Kostick
Karen Kristalovich
Vince Krochak
Christie Kucera
Rick Kuchar
Amanda Kuryk
Debbie Kuzina
Rtjean Labrie
The Winnipeg Heather-belle Ladies Pipe Band
Phyllis Laing
Darren Lannoo
Sara Lazer
Martin Lee
Sid Lieberman
Paul Lukeman
Kirk Lynds
John Macdonald
Sheena Macdonald
Jennifer Machnee
Steve Madden
Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin
Brenda Magalas
Stan Mak
Ron Makwich
Craig Mann
Mini Mariachis
Greg Marlow
Lyn E A Marlowe
Wayne Marr
Kelly Mccaig
David Mccallum
Mark Mckinney
Mark Mckinney
Ross Mclean
Meg Mcmillan
Ross Mcmillan
Dave Meek
Joseph Meyer
Kimberly Mikoluff
Alanna Mills
Luc Montpellier
Doug Morrow
Christophe Nachtigall
Bernard Narvey
Alison Nutt
Richard O'brien-moran
Richard O'brien-moran
Jennie O'keefe
Paul Ohashi
Barry Olafson
Jo Ann Oldcorn
Janna Pakhomova
Antony Papetti
Mike Peleshok
Mike Peleshok
Rebecca Pellett
Rebecca Pellett
Rebecca Pellett
Rebecca Pellett
Diyah Pera
David Perich
Gordon Peterson
Len Peterson
Len Peterson
Nicolas Phillips
Brent Poole
Linda Pope
David C. Potter
Robert Potter
Brent Prockert
Kari Reiger
Peter Rohde
David Rose
Sian Morris Ross
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Voted one of the ten best Canadian films of 2003 by the Toronto Intl. Film Festival Group.
Released in United States Spring April 30, 2004
Released in United States May 7, 2004
Released in United States on Video November 16, 2004
Released in United States 2003
Released in United States January 2004
Shown at Venice International Film Festival August 27-September 6, 2003.
Released in United States Spring April 30, 2004
Released in United States May 7, 2004 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video November 16, 2004
Released in United States 2003 (Shown at Venice International Film Festival August 27-September 6, 2003.)
Released in United States January 2004 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Premiere) January 15-25, 2004.)