The Saddest Music in the World · LeviOsa

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The Saddest Music in the World · LeviOsa

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

ComedyDramaMusic1h 40m

🍅79%

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79%

Tomatometer

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79%

Popcornmeter

6.9

TMDB

Storyline

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.

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THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD

Details

DirectorGuy Maddin

ReleasedSep 17, 2003

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Rhombus Media

Buffalo Gal Pictures

Ego Film Arts

Cast

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

Talia Pura

Talia Pura

Mary

Adriana O'Neil

Adriana O'Neil

Agnes

Jeff Sutton

Young Chester

Graeme Valentin

Young Roderick

Where to watch(NG)

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Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

6 fresh · 1 rotten

Critics consensus

“Guy Maddin perfectly recreates the look and feel of a 1930s in this bizarre picture.”

79% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Joshua Rothkopf

RTIn These TimesMar 16, 2020

...even Guy Maddin, Canada's homegrown David Lynch, stumbled with his gorgeous but inconsequential comedy, The Saddest Music In The World.

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David Ansen

RTNewsweekMar 13, 2018

Hilariously odd and prodigiously inventive, it springs from the eccentric mind of Guy Maddin, whose delirious visions have earned this singular Canadian filmmaker an international cult following.

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Joshua Vasquez

RTSlant MagazineNov 4, 2004

Guy Maddin's snow globe cinema, hermetically sealed in ghostly adoration of silent cinema, is well matched to this darkly comic fable.

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Eddie Harrison

RTfilm-authority.comMay 24, 2023

…the gallery of bizarre characters involved in the competition make Maddin’s film compulsive viewing…

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Information

Title

The Saddest Music in the World

Released

Sep 17, 2003

Rated

R

Region of Origin

Canada

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 40m

Status

Released

Studios

Rhombus Media, Buffalo Gal Pictures

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