The Saddest Music in the World

Name: The Saddest Music in the World
Director: Guy Maddin
Released: 2003-09-17T00:00:00Z

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. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who thinks he's an American despite being Canadian; representing Serbia is his brother, Gavrilo the Great, who is succumbing to madness over the death of his son; and representing Canada is their father, a pathetic drunkard. As the competition builds toward its climax, these estranged characters are brought together to express their deep feelings of pain and ultimately give in to treachery.

Runtime: 100

Release date: 2003-09-17

<article> <figure> <img src="http://www.moviesom.com/resources/20150216211140social.jpg" title='The Saddest Music in the World' alt='The Saddest Music in the World'/> </figure> <h1>The Saddest Music in the World</h1> <p>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. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who thinks he's an American despite being Canadian; representing Serbia is his brother, Gavrilo the Great, who is succumbing to madness over the death of his son; and representing Canada is their father, a pathetic drunkard. As the competition builds toward its climax, these estranged characters are brought together to express their deep feelings of pain and ultimately give in to treachery.</p> <details><summary>Runtime: 100</summary> <summary>Release date: 2003-09-17</summary></details> </article>