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The Saddest Music in the World - Free Screening! (National Canadian Film Day!)

Event April 16th, 2025
Time 9pm - 11pm

The Saddest Music in the World / Canada / 2003/ Dir: Guy Maddin/ 100 Min/

When Winnipeg is named the ”saddest city in the world” for the fourth year running, Baroness Port-Huntley (Rossellini) concocts an elaborate scheme to promote her beer by advertising a contest to find the saddest music in the world.

With a $25,000 prize up for grabs, composers from all over the world are soon pouring into Winnipeg to play her their woeful tunes. Things get even more interesting when her own former lover, Broadway producer Chester Kent (McKinney) enters the competition.

Realized in Guy Maddin’s signature black-and-white style that imitates the look of ’20s and ’30s cinema, this delightfully quirky film is a triumph of the imagination. A cross between a silent film and a Hollywood musical, The Saddest Music in the World is truly unlike anything you’ve ever seen before!

715 Broadway Ave
Saskatoon SK S7N 1B3
Canada

Image of the movie poster for The Saddest Music in the World. There is an image of a piano and women's legs wearing high heels meant to look like beer glasses and a woman in a crown smiling.
Presented By: Broadway Theatre
Date: Wed, Apr 16 2025
Address:

715 Broadway Ave
Saskatoon SK S7N 1B3
Canada

Location: The Broadway Theatre
Time: 9pm - 11pm
Price: FREE ADMISSION TO EVERYONE
The Saddest Music in the World - Free Screening! (National Canadian Film Day!)

715 Broadway Ave
Saskatoon SK S7N 1B3
Canada