The Saddest Music in the World
“"If you're sad, and like beer, I'm your lady."”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 58, rated by 1 admin.
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A Winnipeg beer magnate stages a competition to find the world's saddest music. Guy Maddin turns national rivalry and family melodrama into an elaborate imitation of forgotten cinema. The stylised performances are deliberate, and the comedy lives in the gap between enormous emotion and deadpan delivery.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 2.5/10
- Plot
- 8.5/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 7.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“International sorrow has found a sponsor in the beer industry.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 58
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 2003
- Directed by
- Guy Maddin
- Running time
- 100 min
Starring
- Isabella Rossellini as Lady Helen Port-Huntley
- Mark McKinney as Chester Kent
- Maria de Medeiros as Narcissa
- David Fox as Fyodor Kent
- Ross McMillan as Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great
- Louis Negin as Blind Seer
- Darcy Fehr as Teddy
- Claude Dorge as Duncan Elksworth
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 37209.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review praises the quiet comedy, national satire and Mark McKinney's vulgar producer performance.
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