The Sweet Hereafter

The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

There is no such thing as the simple truth.

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.

star 6.9
  • Release Date: 1997-09-25
  • Runtime: 1h 52min
  • Director: Atom Egoyan

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    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

    • Kirsten Kieferle

      Stewardess

    • Arsinée Khanjian

      Wanda Otto

    • Earl Pastko

      Hartley Otto

    • Simon Baker

      Bear

    • David Hemblen

      Abbott Driscoll

    • Bruce Greenwood

      Billy Ansel

    • Sarah Rosen Fruitman

      Jessica Ansel

    • Marc Donato

      Mason Ansel

    • Devon Finn

      Sean Walker

    • Fides Krucker

      Klara Stephens

    • Magdalena Sokolowski

      Young Zoe

    • James D. Watts

      Young Mitchell

    • Brooke Johnson

      Mary Burnell

    • Allegra Denton

      Jenny

    • Peter Donaldson

      Schwartz

    • Russell Banks

      Dr. Robeson

    • Mychael Danna

      Live Band Harmonium Player (uncredited)

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