The Sackville Commons at 18 Lorne Street in Sackville, will be screening the Canadian film ‘The Saddest Music in the World’ on Saturday, March 25th at 7 pm for free. Actress Isabella Rossellini and Canadian director Guy Maddin make the most of his distinctive retro style in this exuberant homage to1920s avant-garde cinema. It’s 1933 – the depression is in full swing – and a lucrative contest to determine the saddest music in the world is being held in Winnipeg, the “world capital of sorrow.” Amidst the backdrop of the contest, a convoluted tale of love, lust, betrayal, and redemption spills over into oedipal farce. Secrets are revealed, long-lost lovers reunite, villains get their comeuppance as the strains of melodrama reach a fever pitch. The Saddest Music in the World will leave you in tears.
