The Saddest Music in the World

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, as a publicity stunt to promote her company. A cast of eccentric musicians from around the globe gathers to compete, including a Broadway producer with a penchant for disaster and a family torn apart by love, loss, and tragedy. As the contest unfolds, alliances are forged, hearts are broken, and one man's very existence is threatened in this bizarre and hauntingly beautiful tale of love, mortality, and the power of music.