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The Sweet Hereafter

19971h 52mDrama
directed by Atom Egoyan

“There is no such thing as the simple truth.”

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6.9 / 10
431 votes
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7.4 / 10
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91 / 100
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Synopsis

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

Cast

Ian Holm·Mitchell Stephens
Sarah Polley·Nicole Burnell
Tom McCamus·Sam Burnell
Gabrielle Rose·Dolores Driscoll
Alberta Watson·Risa Walker
Caerthan Banks·Zoe Stephens
Maury Chaykin·Wendell Walker
Stephanie Morgenstern·Allison
Bruce Greenwood·Billy Ansel
Arsinée Khanjian·Wanda Otto