"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."
Isabella Rossellini
as Lady Helen Port-Huntley
Mark McKinney
as Chester Kent
Maria de Medeiros
as Narcissa
David Fox
as Fyodor Kent
Ross McMillan
as Roderick Kent / Gravillo the Great
Louis Negin
as Blind Seer
Darcy Fehr
as Teddy
Claude Dorge
as Duncan Elksworth
Talia Pura
as Mary
Adriana O'Neil
as Agnes
Jeff Sutton
as Young Chester
Graeme Valentin
as Young Roderick
Maggie Nagle
as Chester's Mother
Victor Cowie
as Man in Bar
Jessica Burleson
as Lady's Secretary
Wayne Nicklas
as Boardmember
Nancy Drake
as American Mother
David Gillies
as American Father
Daphne Korol
as Widow
Jeff Skinner
as Reverend
Craig Aftanas
as Old Sleepwalker
Miles Boisselle
as Guard
Brock MacGregor
as Roderick's Son
George Toles
Writer
Kazuo Ishiguro
Screenplay
Guy Maddin
Director
John Buchan
Casting
Sheena Macdonald
Co-Producer
Barbara Willis Sweete
Associate Producer
Barry Olafson
Hairstylist
Mark Gebel
Special Effects
Daniel Iron
Executive Producer
Phyllis Laing
Stephen Arndt
Set Decoration
Beverly A. Hamilton
Richard O'Brien-Moran
First Assistant Director
Danielle Dumesnil
Second Assistant Director
Larry Weinstein
Michael Peleshok
Third Assistant Director
Catherina Saites
Frances Hans
Makeup Artist
Amanda Kuryk
Christopher Dedrick
Original Music Composer
Niv Fichman
Producer
Mark Shnuriwsky
Sound Effects Editor
Luc Montpellier
Director of Photography
Lou Solakofski
Sound Designer
Meg McMillan
Costume Design
Martin Lee
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jody Shapiro
David McCallum
Supervising Sound Editor
Atom Egoyan
David Wharnsby
Editor
Matthew Davies
Production Design
Réjean Labrie
Art Direction
Doug Morrow
Russ Dyck
David Rose