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The Saddest Music in the World

100 minutes 2003 7.0

In the hard thirties, beer baroness Lady Helen Port-Huntley organizes a competition to find the most mournful piece of music in the world. Musicians from all over the world come hoping to make off with the prize money, but Lady Helen has her own agenda: She wants to sell as much beer as she can when prohibition finally ends. The Saddest Music in the World is an award-winning musical starring Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet, Fearless).

The film is not playable outside of Norway
Category: Feature Film
Genre: Drama, comedy, musical
Actors: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox, Ross McMillan, Louis Negin, Darcy Fehr, Claude Dorge, Talia Pura, Adriana O'Neil
Director: Guy Maddin
Script: George Toles
Country: Canada
Language: English