The Saddest Music in the World
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.
At a glance
Countries
Canada
Ratings
TMDB users
6.8/10
70 votes
Rating consensus
68/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~68/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Isabella Rossellini
Lady Helen Port-Huntley
Mark McKinney
Chester Kent
Maria de Medeiros
Narcissa
David Fox
Fyodor Kent
Ross McMillan
Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great
Louis Negin
Blind Seer
Darcy Fehr
Teddy
Claude Dorge
Duncan Elksworth
Talia Pura
Mary
Adriana O'Neil
Agnes
Jeff Sutton
Young Chester
Graeme Valentin
Young Roderick
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The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Guy Maddin
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