Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes79%
Metacritic78/100
74 audience votes
Key crew
- George TolesWriter
- Kazuo IshiguroScreenplay
- Guy MaddinDirector
- Guy MaddinWriter
- Christopher DedrickOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Isabella RosselliniLady Helen Port-Huntley
- Mark McKinneyChester Kent
- Maria de MedeirosNarcissa
- David FoxFyodor Kent
- Ross McMillanRoderick Kent / Gravillo the Great
- Louis NeginBlind Seer
- Darcy FehrTeddy
- Claude DorgeDuncan Elksworth
- Talia PuraMary
- Adriana O'NeilAgnes
- Jeff SuttonYoung Chester
- Graeme ValentinYoung Roderick
Stills
Themes
canadabeergreat depressiondepression erawinnipegprosthetic legprosthesismusicmusical contestlegless