Guy Maddin - The Saddest Music in the World

Winnipeg, Canada in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression. Lady Port-Huntly, a local beer baroness, determined to take advantage of the near end of Prohibition, launches the world's saddest music competition because it is well known the sadder people are the more they drink.
Candidates from all over the world wealthy to the snowy and icy city.
Attracted by the $ 25,000 prize, each tries to interpret in their own way the deepest sadness during a euphoric competition, heavily washed down with local beer, the Muskeg and followed on the radio by thirsty Americans. Back in his hometown accompanied by the beautiful Narcissa, amnesiac and nymphomaniac, Chester Kent, broodway producer ruined and cynical represent the United States. Reunited for this occasion, the three members of the Kent family will compete well beyond just music and occasionally settle old family secrets.

With Isabella ROSSELLINI and Maria DE MEDEIROS
Screenplay by Kazuo Ishiguro, Guy Maddin and George Toles based on an original idea by Kazuo Ishiguro

FILMS
The Saddest Music in the World, 2003, 99 ', colors, b/w