The Saddest Music in the World
- Original title
- The Saddest Music in the World
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
- Canada
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Mark McKinney
- Isabella Rossellini
- María de Medeiros
- David Fox
- Ross McMillan
- Louis Negin
- Darcy Fehr
- Claude Dorge
- Talia Pura
- Jeff Sutton
- Maggie Nagle
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- Music
- Cinematography
Luc Montpellier (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Musical. Comedy. Drama | Melodrama. Music. The Great Depression. 1930s
- Synopsis
- In 1933, in Winnipeg during the American Great Depression, the legless baroness of beer industry, Lady Helen Port-Huntley (Isabella Rossellini), promotes a contest to choose the saddest music in the world and find where the real drinkers are. People come from all parts of the world, including her former lover Chester Kent (Marc McKinney) representing USA with the nymphomaniac amnesic Narcissa (Maria de Medeiros); his brother, who misses his dead son and his vanishing wife, Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great (Ross McMillan), representing Serbia; and his father and the man who sever her legs in a car accident, Fyodor Kent (David Fox). During the competition, Roderick finds his wife. During the competition, Roderick finds his missing wife.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2003: Genie Awards (Canada): 3 awards. 4 nominations
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 81 My Favorite Canadian Movies (6)
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