"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
Guy Maddin
Director
Kazuo Ishiguro
Screenplay
George Toles
Writer
Daniel Iron
Executive Producer
Phyllis Laing
Co-Producer
Sheena Macdonald
Barbara Willis Sweete
Associate Producer
Larry Weinstein
John Buchan
Casting
Stephen Arndt
Set Decoration
Beverly A. Hamilton
Hairstylist
Frances Hans
Makeup Artist
Amanda Kuryk
Barry Olafson
Catherina Saites
Danielle Dumesnil
Second Assistant Director
Richard O'Brien-Moran
First Assistant Director
Michael Peleshok
Third Assistant Director
Mark Gebel
Special Effects
Christopher Dedrick
Original Music Composer
Atom Egoyan
Niv Fichman
Producer
Jody Shapiro
Luc Montpellier
Director of Photography
David Wharnsby
Editor
Matthew Davies
Production Design
Réjean Labrie
Art Direction
Meg McMillan
Costume Design
Doug Morrow
Russ Dyck
Sound Designer
Martin Lee
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
David McCallum
Supervising Sound Editor
Mark Shnuriwsky
Sound Effects Editor
Lou Solakofski
David Rose