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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe   1991         N/R, 100 min. Genre: Drama Director: Simon Callow   Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Carradine, Cork Hubbert, Rod Steiger, Beth Dixon, Austin Pendleton, Lanny Flaherty   Patrons of the Sad Cafe are residents of a small Southern town. This story is set during the Great Depression and revolves around the activities of Miss Amelia (Vanessa Redgrave) who owns the Sad Cafe and is a moonshiner. Eccentric misfits drift in and out of her cafe—including her ex-husband, a recent convict (Keith Carradine).