The filmmaker whose cinematic style inspired the term “Maddinesque” delivers a fantastical film about the night mayor of Winnipeg, an inventor of Bosnian descent who harnesses the power of the aurora borealis to transmit distinctly Canadian images across the Great White North. Guy Maddin’s imaginative allegory for our cinematic history blends his signature humour with subversive social commentary.
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Guy Maddin was born in Winnipeg. His many feature films include
Cowards Bend the Knee
(03),
The Saddest Music in the World
(03),
Brand Upon the Brain!
(06) and
My Winnipeg
(07). His short films include Sissy Boy Slap Party (95) and Heart of the World (00).